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Owen Wingrave

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2001 · 91 min Music Drama War
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers featured include Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge and Josephine Barstow. The conductor is Kent Nagano. As pertinent now as then, OWEN WINGRAVE was composed by Benjamin Britten at the height of the Vietnam War. The opera poses the question: Is pacifism an act of cowardice? Or rather a desire to escape from the spiral of war and create world peace? To what extent do we determine our own futures? Should we let past events inform the decisions we make? Britten’s characters grapple with timeless issues in this gripping psychodrama.

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Year 2001
Country United Kingdom
Genre Music, Drama, War
Director Margaret Williams
Runtime 91 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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Owen Wingrave is an acquired taste at 5.0/10. We recommend checking the trailer and synopsis before diving in.

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A 2001 film from an era before CGI overload, with real performances that still hit hard. Best for: genre fans and those open to something unconventional.

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