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Penda's Fen

"I'm Nothing Pure"

Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality.

Top Cast

  • Spencer Banks

    Spencer Banks

    Stephen Franklin

  • John Atkinson

    John Atkinson

    Reverend J. Franklin

  • Georgine Anderson

    Georgine Anderson

    Mrs. Franklin

  • Ron Smerczak

    Ron Smerczak

    Joel

  • Ian Hogg

    Ian Hogg

    Arne

  • Jennie Heslewood

    Jennie Heslewood

    Mrs. Arne

  • Graham Leaman

    Graham Leaman

    Sir Edward Elgar

  • Christopher Douglas

    Christopher Douglas

    Honeybone

  • John Richmond

    John Richmond

    Headmaster

Overview

Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality.

Rating

7.5 / 10
50 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • Wiccaburr
    Wiccaburr
    7 Sep 28, 2020

    This tv movie/play definitely hit on topics among religion and politics with a sprinkling of "becoming a man" mixed in there. Definitely sets the date of this movie quite a bit but some of the talk of religion is still out there. Then we get to King Penda, he is a creepy little thing. I love it. Just giving you that night terror realness in that one scene. This can be a bit of a slow pace in this very British horror (psychological horror maybe?) which many might not find entertaining or interesting. I dig the tone and camera work in this film.

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