Book of Days (1989)
1989 · NR · 1h 14m · Drama
Genres: Drama
This film is a rich and haunting reinvention of medieval life that never loses its contemporary perspective. When the plague afflicts a village, this world seems to go up in an apocalypse of hatred and disease that presages our own century.
Director: Meredith Monk
Writers: Meredith Monk, Tone Blevins
Music by: Meredith Monk
Cinematography: Jerry Pantzer
Editor: Girish Bhargava
Cast
Robert Een as SoldierDonna M. Fields as TribeswomanWayne Hankin as Traveling StorytellerLanny Harrison as Jewish MotherLucas Hoving as PhysicianKaren Levitas as Jewish Elder DaughterRob McBrien as Dance of DeathMeredith Monk as MadwomanToby Newman as Jewish GirlMore like this
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