Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Natalie Morse | ... | Christine Carpenter |
Gene Bervoets | ... | Reeve (as Eugene Bervoets) | |
Toyah Willcox | ... | Pauline Carpenter | |
Pete Postlethwaite | ... | William Carpenter | |
Christopher Eccleston | ... | Priest | |
Michael Pas | ... | Drover | |
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Brenda Bertin | ... | Meg Carpenter |
Annette Badland | ... | Mary | |
Veronica Quilligan | ... | Daisy | |
Julie T. Wallace | ... | Bertha | |
Ann Way | ... | Alice | |
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François Beukelaers | ... | Bishop |
Jan Decleir | ... | Mason | |
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David Boyce | ... | Ragged Martin |
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Mieke De Groote | ... | Ragged Martin's Wife |
In fourteenth-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 she be walled up in the church as an anchoress, a holy woman with responsibility for blessing the villagers. But when the priest has Christine's mother tried as a witch, she digs herself out of her cell, a crime for which the punishment is death... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
This film must be watched with a quiet spirit and a willingness to let go of well-organized, linear plot development. Those familiar with The Book of Margery Kempe will appreciate the spiritual struggle Anchoress represents as well as the more "feminine" approach to plot. The cinematography is exquisite as well as the acting.