Biographical romantic drama - GB - 2 hrs 17 mins - cert 12A - 2021

Benediction is a 2021 biographical romantic drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It stars Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi. The film follows the life of Siegfried Sassoon, the British poet and decorated WW1  combat veteran who was sent to a psychiatric facility for his anti-war stance. Sassoon was a complex man fighting his gay sexuality. Adored by the aristocracy, his work made him the most important war poet, speaking to us meaningfully now as it did then.