Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

2013
6.5| 1h44m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 24 May 2013 Released
Producted By: Capriol Films
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Official Website: http://www.benjaminbrittenfilm.co.uk/
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A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer worldwide. This film premiered at Gresham's School, which he attended, and focuses on how his life-long pacifism influenced his life and music. Written and directed by Tony Britten (In Love With Alama Cogan), narrated by John Hurt and with a superb cast of young people, including many supporting roles taken by students of Gresham's School, the film weaves dramatisation with a documentary narrative.

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Tony Britten

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Capriol Films

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GazerRise Fantastic!
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
OJT Partly documentary, partly dramatization, this film tells the story about acclaimed musician, composer and director Benjamin Britten, from his younger years at a conservative, yet compared to others, very liberal boarding school where he was very much encouraged to go his own ways. The Gresham school produced many radical students from liberal upbringing, many to become communists. The film is also scattered with excerpts of performances of his music, so this is very much a cross-over production.It's done well by relative Tony Britten, but without doubt the dramatizations are more interesting, where he as young is portrayed very well by Alex Lawther, which later has been receiving acclaim for his role as young Alan Turing in the acclaimed "The imitation game". Narration is distinctively done by John Hurt, and Lawther also reads from his many letters and diary along the way. We'll learn much about his thoughts and believes, from politics, to animal rights and interests.Like most British productions, it's quality all the way through. Very serious in it's approach, many will fall off during the film, if shown on TV, especially for those not so interested in his music, when the small excerpts of music is played. But the film has much also to offer those with political interest.