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Anchoress is a 1993 British drama film directed by Chris Newby. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. The screenplay is partly based on accounts of an historical female anchorite, Christine Carpenter, who was walled into her anchorhold in a village church in Shere, Surrey, in southern ...
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- Judith Stanley-Smith, Christine Watkins
- Natalie Morse
- Chris Newby
Anchoress: Directed by Chris Newby. With Natalie Morse, Gene Bervoets, Toyah Willcox, Pete Postlethwaite. In the 14th-century, a visionary girl is to become an Anchoress, a walled-in recluse, so that she can live in the Virgin's house forever. Over time she awakens to her own sensuality and explores her own female, earth-based spirituality.
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- Chris Newby
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- Natalie Morse, Gene Bervoets, Toyah Willcox
18 giu 2022 · Subscribed. 23. 1.3K views 1 year ago. Anchoress is a 1993 British drama film directed by Chris Newby. The screenplay is partly based on accounts of an historical female anchorite, Christine...
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12 mag 1995 · Roger Ebert May 12, 1995. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Unless the person involved is very holy indeed, there is always a degree of self-aggrandizement in sainthood. Chris Newby's "Anchoress," a film set in the Middle Ages, plays slyly with that notion in its story of a young woman who chooses to be walled up for the ...
Anchoress 1993 1 hr. 46 min. Drama List Reviews 76% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Passion for the Virgin Mary leads a young woman (Natalie Morse) to become a walled-in recluse at her 14th-century ...
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- Natalie Morse
- Chris Newby
Based on actual letters that were written about such an Anchoress in 1325, the film follows Christine as she awakens to her own sensuality and explores her own female, earth-based spirituality. Genres: drama
Summaries. In 14th-century England, peasant girl Christine Carpenter is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary that the local priest (who lusts after her) suggests that she be walled up in the church as an anchoress, a holy woman with the responsibility of blessings the villagers.
