A Quiet Passion

Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson, personifying the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Acclaimed British director Terence Davies (House of Mirth, The Deep Blue Sea) exquisitely evokes Dickinson’s deep attachment to her close knit family along with the manners, mores and spiritual convictions of her time that she struggled with and transcended in her poetry.

Described as “an absolute drop-dead masterwork” by The New Yorker's Richard Brody and “quietly masterful” by The Independent’s Geoffrey Macnab, the film combines a dramatic plot with moments of tasteful humor.

“A richly idiosyncratic portrait of Emily Dickinson, played with steely wit and piercing vulnerability by Cynthia Nixon.” - Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

Special Gala Presentation - 2016 Berlinale International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2016 New York Film Festival
Official Selection - 2016 Chicago International Film Festival
Modern Masters Selection - 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival

Writer/Director: Terence Davies
Producer: Roy Boulter & Sol Papadopoulos
Director of Photography: Florian Hoffmeister
Editor: Pia Di Ciaula
Production Designer: Merijn Sep
Costume Designer: Catherine Marchand
Set Designer: Ilse Willocx