A Quiet Passion
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Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle
A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies
GBR/BEL 2015, Berlinale Special
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Cynthia Nixon
A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies
GBR/BEL 2015, Berlinale Special
Johan Voets © A Quiet Passion
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Cynthia Nixon, Keith Carradine
A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies
GBR/BEL 2015, Berlinale Special
Johan Voets © A Quiet Passion
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Cynthia Nixon
A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies
GBR/BEL 2015, Berlinale Special
Johan Voets © A Quiet Passion
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Emma Bell
A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies
GBR/BEL 2015, Berlinale Special
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Cynthia Nixon
A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies
GBR/BEL 2015, Berlinale Special
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Terence Davies
A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies
GBR/BEL 2015, Berlinale Special
Johan Voets © A Quiet Passion
Terence Davies imagines her biography and explores how Emily Dickinson’s exceptional poems could come into being. The camera glides delicately into a life in which poetry takes up more and more space. Emily Dickinson communicates with the outside world via letters. In her correspondence with her siblings and the clergyman Charles Wadsworth she exchanges philosophical and everyday observations. To her, Wadsworth’s move to San Francisco is a tragedy. Davies’ biopic also describes a talented woman’s lonely and desperate struggle for recognition in a world dominated by men.
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Dieter Kosslick, Jennifer Ehle
The Festival Director and the actress at the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
A Quiet Passion · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Terence Davies, Cynthia Nixon
The director and the actress playing Emily Dickinson at the press conference.
A Quiet Passion · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Terence Davies
The director of the biopic on the poet Emily Dickinson.
A Quiet Passion · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Terence Davies
The director of the biopic on the poet Emily Dickinson.
A Quiet Passion · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Jennifer Ehle
The actress at the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
A Quiet Passion · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Group Picture
The film team at the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
A Quiet Passion · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Press Conference
A Quiet Passion · Berlinale Special · Festival Impressions · Feb 14, 2016
Roy Boulter (Producer), Jennifer Ehle (Actress), Terence Davies (Director), Cynthia Nixon (Actress), Sol Papadopoulos (Producer), Moderation: Jenni Zylka
A Quiet Passion
Berlinale Special · Press Conference · Feb 14, 2016