Benediction
“Love is never still.”
DramaHistoryWar
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
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A deeply felt, elegiac portrait of a poet grappling with the trauma of war and the constraints of his time. It's a quiet, introspective experience, steeped in the melancholy of unspoken desires and the weight of societal expectations.
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