War Requiem (1989)

War Requiem is a 1989 film adaptation of Benjamin Britten's musical piece of the same name.

It was shot in 1988 by the British film director Derek Jarman with the 1963 recording as the soundtrack, produced by Don Boyd and financed by the BBC. Decca Records required that the 1963 recording be heard on its own, with no overlaid soundtrack or other sound effects. The film featured Nathaniel Parker as Wilfred Owen, and Laurence Olivier in his last acting appearance in any medium before his death in July 1989. The film is structured as the reminiscences of Olivier's character, the Old Soldier in a wheelchair, and Olivier recites "Strange Meeting" in the film's prologue.

Synopsis

Sans utiliser de dialogue et seulement la pièce musicale de Benjamin Britten, War Requiem se veut une réflexion poétique autour des horreurs de la guerre, en s'axant principalement autour de la Première Guerre mondiale et des poèmes de Wilfred Owen, à travers les souvenirs d'un vieux soldat en fauteuil roulant.

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