Anchoress

Anchoress

108 mins | Drama | Sept. 10, 1993

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.

Anchoress

108 mins | Drama | Sept. 10, 1993

Anchoress
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers British Film Institute, Corsan, Upstate Films
Original title Anchoress
Directors Chris Newby
Writers Christine Watkins, Judith Stanley-Smith

Cast

Natalie Morse

as Christine Carpenter

Gene Bervoets

as Reeve

Toyah Willcox

as Pauline Carpenter

Pete Postlethwaite

as William Carpenter

Michaël Pas

as Drover

Julie T. Wallace

as Bertha

Annette Badland

as Mary