The Angelic Conversation
BFI Restorations
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LGBT, Romance, Short Films, Spiritual, UR, 28-Feb-1985
The Angelic Conversation sees Derek Jarman conjure an evocative and radical visualisation of Shakespeare’s love poems.
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