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MONK DAWSON – Mark Jensen

July 31, 1999 Leave a comment

A hit last year on the British arthouse scene, Monk Dawson is a contemporary romantic drama with a religious twist. Starring John Michie, Ben Taylor, Paula Hamilton and Martin Kemp and directed by first-timer Tom Waller, the film tells the tale of a Benedictine monk who abandons his sheltered existence in a North of England monastery and heads for London, only to find that love, betrayal, loneliness and despair are commonplace outside the protective walls of the church – and that his life to date has left him ill equipped to cope with the world at large. Read more…