Alan Clarke - Penda's Fen (1974)

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Alan Clarke - Penda's Fen (1974)

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An extraordinary evocation of conflicting forces within England: authority, tradition, hypocrisy, landscape, art, sexuality, and most of all, its mystical, ancient past. All of this comes together in Stephen, a rather prissy adolescent, and his growing pains deep in Elgar's Worcestershire. Marrying the very different styles and concerns of writer David Rudkin and director Alan Clarke, Penda's Fen delves deep into the heart of England to try and find answers to its identity. You're unlikely to have seen anything quite like this and its strange events will stay with you for years afterwards.
BBC 1974 Dir Alan Clarke