Philip Hoare : I was a dark star always

4 Nov 2018-25 Jan 2019

Overview

A tribute in film to the life of Wilfred Owen with readings by Ben Whishaw. The film, written by Philip Hoare and directed by Adam Low, incorporates readings by Ben Whishaw of both letters and poems by Owen, and is filmed at key locations from his life, including the beach in Torquay where he swam as a child, and the canal in northern France where he died, on 4 November 1918, aged just 25.