Gamelkateinthecinema | A Quiet Passion
Director:
Terrence Davies
Release:
2016
Writer: Terrence Davies
Writer: Terrence Davies
Genre:
Biopic / Period Drama
Rating: PG-13 thematic elements, disturbing images and brief suggestive
material
On leaving the cinema rather perplexed, I read a review in the evening standard that said “A Quiet Passion is almost very good but actually nearly intolerable, a very long two hours” and I was inclined to agree. It was a relief to find this review, as I had been starting to question my opinion, in proportion to the amount of oh-so-American, bandwagon praise this film was receiving. I was ready to attribute this to the simple fact that, perhaps, Americans just can’t make good period dramas. That was before I realised director Terrence Davies was English.
