Anchoress DVD, 1993

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Film Description

A visually arresting story of religious conflict set in medieval England, where a peasant girl is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary she is walled up in a church as an anchoress, a holy woman with responsibility for blessing villagers. Then the priest has her mother tried as a witch, so she digs herself out of her cell - a crime for which the punishment is death.

Inspired by the records of the real Anchoress of Shere, Christine Carpenter (who was voluntarily walled up in a tiny cell adjoining a church), Anchoress vividly evokes life of a remote medieval village whilst also addressing the gulf between patriarchal power and female ritual and rebellion.

Film Information

Director - Chris Newby

Produced - 1993

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - European Film, British Film

Cast - Pete Postlethwaite, Toyah Willcox, Christopher Eccleston

DVD Details

DVD Extras

• Three short films by Chris Newby: The Old Man of the Sea (1989), Flicker (2001) and Stromboli (1998)
• Fully illustrated booklet with film essays, biography and historical documents.

Related Genres

• Contemporary Drama
• Contemporary Period, Costume, Historical Film
• Contemporary British Film
• Contemporary British Film

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