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The Merciless Beauty
Directed by
Michael Groomstarring
Daisy Hughes, Richard Riddell, Samuel Edward-Cook, James Speakman14 mins
| 2017
| United Kingdom
| English
Johnny is a farmhand in the splendour of the English Lake District: he leads a life of introspection, until the strange appearance of a mysterious beautiful woman. Unsure if she's a figment of his imagination or an actual physical being, Johnny succumbs to obsession. A sensuous, timeless tale of love, infatuation, lust and the all- consuming bittersweet melancholy of suffering and heartache, based on the narrative poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats.
Previously screened at:
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10/5/2018 to 10/7/2018 in Portland, OR
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8/17/2018 to 8/19/2018 in Providence, RI