Four Quartets

Friday, April 28 - Thursday, May 11, 2023

Dir. Sophie Fiennes in person for Q&A Fri April 28 and Sat April 29 at 6:15 PM, moderated by Violet Lucca (VP of Digital, Harper’s Magazine)

Ralph Fiennes’s exquisite performance of T. S. Eliot’s poetic masterpiece is dynamically translated from stage to screen by director Sophie Fiennes (Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology). During the early days of COVID, the Oscar® nominee set himself the challenge of committing Four Quartets to memory, and in 2021 he brought it to the London stage followed by a tour of theaters across the UK. Written by Nobel Prize winner Eliot in the shadow of the Second World War, the poem is a searching examination of who – and what – we are. This celebrated meditation on human experience, time, and the divine offers up questions, imagery, and emotions that bear a powerful relevance to our present day.

• Language English
• Running Time 84 minutes
• Distributor Kino Lorber
• Director Sophie Fiennes
• Writer T.S. Eliot
• Cast Ralph Fiennes
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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