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A Quiet Passion

Three by Terence Davies • 2h 5m

Directed by Terence Davies | 125 mins | 2016
Emily Dickinson’s particular combination of intense brilliance and private, suppressed desires make her an ideal subject for the cinema of Terence Davies. Here, the atmosphere in the Dickinson family home is at first leavened by piquant but convivial repartee—unheard of in a Davies film!—though it chills and hardens along with its protagonist, brought to life in a superb performance by Cynthia Nixon.

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