"Penda's Fen" was written by David Rudkin, directed by Alan Clarke, produced by David Rose, and starred Spencer Banks. [1] Set in the village of Pinvin, near Pershore in Worcestershire, England, against the backdrop of the Malvern Hills, the play is an evocation of conflicting forces within England past and present.

2022年9月18日 · Summer 1955, and pastor's son Stephen must come to terms with his identity amid societal pressure, religious guilt and his own imaginings. The television play was commissioned by BBC producer David Rose and first broadcast on 21 March 1974 as part of the corporation's Play for Today anthology series. Directed by Alan Clarke.

1974年3月21日 · 主演: Spencer Banks / John Atkinson / Georgine Anderson / 罗恩·斯梅尔扎克 / 伊恩·霍格 / Jennie Heslewood Graham Leaman Christopher Douglas 更多... BBC系列剧《今日剧》中的一集。 导演阿兰·克拉克把编剧David Rudkin通过特有的超强的幻想潜力创作出的剧本，打造成了一个集合了个人的、社会的、性的、超自然的、形而上的当代社会的多层化的深刻故事。 @LEN. #ICA 长评-民族性的解构。 没想到是一部意识流剖析自我的电影，主题放到了自我解构 …

Penda's Fen: Directed by Alan Clarke. With Spencer Banks, John Atkinson, Georgine Anderson, Ron Smerczak. Summer 1955, and pastor's son Stephen must come to terms with his own identity amid societal pressure, religious guilt and his own imaginings.

Some of the labels Penda’s Fen has garnered over the years—folk horror, pagan parable, anti-establishment allegory, queer cinema pioneer, etc.—are all in their own way revelatory of its peculiar staying power.

Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his …

Penda's Fen (1974) directed by Alan Clarke • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England’s pagan past, a pastor’s son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to …

Below the slopes of the Malvern Hills, he has encounters with an angel, and with a demon, with the ghost of Elgar, the crucified Jesus, and with Penda, England's last pagan king.

Penda's Fen was part of the Play for Today strand in 1974. It was produced in the Pebble Mill studio in Birmingham, where, outside of the capitol and well over a hundred miles from oversight, it was one of a succession of powerful, strange plays that haunted and challenged in …

2017年1月31日 · Alan Clarke’s television movie Penda’s Fen (1974) is a uniquely rich, dense, symbolic and engaging drama, like a multi-layered and multi-faceted gem. Written by David Rudkin, the movie follows a few weeks in the life of the 17–18-year old Stephen Franklin (Spencer Banks) who lives in the heart of England, in Pinvin, Worcestershire.