Rent The Laureate (2021)
2.8 of 5 from 73 ratings
1h 38min
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- Synopsis:
- Set in the late-1920s, celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves (Tom Hughes) has returned from war traumatised and struggling creatively. It takes Laura Riding (Dianna Agron), a radical young American poet to reignite Robert's passion. With the blessing of his wife Nancy, (Laura Haddock), Robert's muse become his lover. Soon the three of them are sharing a life and Laura's attention then turns to Nancy, sparking a complicated relationship that scandalises society and threatens to destroy everything they have.
- Actors:
- Laura Haddock, Dianna Agron, Julian Glover, Tom Hughes, Patricia Hodge, Fra Fee, Christien Anholt, Indica Watson, Edwin Thomas, Edward Bennett, Timothy Renouf, Orlando James, Paulette P. Williams, Jamie Newall, Meriel Hinsching, Stephen Bull, Ruth Keeling, Dee Pearce, Daniel Drummond, Ronay Poole
- Directors:
- William Nunez
- Producers:
- Guy de Beaujeu, William Nunez, Christian Parton
- Writers:
- William Nunez
- Studio:
- Dazzler
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/06/2023
- Run Time:
- 102 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of The Laureate
Overlong, wordy, very female film - far better Shellshock WWI films out there - The Laureate review by PV
First off shall say I have never liked Robert Graves much - very pretentious, arty, cliquey set,, upper class, monied, swanning off worshipping the muse in the Med in arty communities, Yawn. I have read of some of GOODBYE TO ALL THAT too and many war poets.
This film is very slow, overlong too, very wordy and a very female film - the writer/director has written/directed nothing else, so must have great contacts.
I just did not care about the characters and some were beyond annoying I wish they'd go back to the front (the women esp, the American one). Watch to the end to see what they did after WWI. Not a lot really, as they were upper class rich so just played.
Watch 1917 instead or ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930 version is the best of 3), or The Burying Party (2018) on Wilfred Owen, or the great Benediction (2021) all about Shellshock (or watch Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser in the class Gods and Monsters.
This? 2 stars max.
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