Anchoress
1993
Ecstasy and orthodoxy in the 14th century!
Directed by Chris Newby
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A 14th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled into a cell attached to the church as a religious hermit.
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- Director
- Chris Newby
- Written by
- Christine Watkins, Judith Stanley-Smith
- Produced by
- Ben Gibson, Paul Breuls
- Cinematographer
- Michel Baudour
- Editor
- Brand Thumim
- Sound Designer
- John Lundsten
- Studios
- BFI, Corsan, Upstate Films
- Origin countries
- Belgium, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Language
- English
- TMDB
- 5.9/10 (15 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.5/10 (485 votes)
Cast
Natalie Morse
Christine Carpenter
Gene Bervoets
Reeve
Toyah Willcox
Pauline Carpenter
Pete Postlethwaite
William Carpenter
Christopher Eccleston
Priest
Michaël Pas
Drover
Julie T. Wallace
Bertha
Annette Badland
Mary
Brenda Bertin
Meg Carpenter
Veronica Quilligan
Daisy
Ann Way
Alice
François Beukelaers
Bishop
Jan Decleir
Mason
David Boyce
Ragged Martin
Mieke De Groote
Ragged Martin's Wife
Erik Konstantyn
Carter
Guy Pion
Innkeeper
Peter Van Asbroeck
Dyer
Crew
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