Film

Anchoress

Name: Anchoress
Director: Chris Newby
Released: 1993
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Natalie Morse, Gene Bervoets, Toyah Willcox, Pete Postlethwaite, Christopher Eccleston

1993 · 108 min · ★ 5.7 · Dir. Chris Newby

Ecstasy and orthodoxy in the 14th century!

Enter the medieval world of Christine Carpenter, a visionary girl who is to become an Anchoress (walled-in recluse) so that she can "live in the Virgin's house forever." Based on actual letters that were written about such an Anchoress in 1325, the film follows Christine as she awakens to her own sensuality and explores her own female, earth-based spirituality.