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Mrs. Dalloway

5.7

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Original title

Mrs. Dalloway

Year

1997

Running time

100 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Marleen Gorris

Screenwriter

Eileen Atkins. Novel: Virginia Woolf

Cast

Music

Ilona Sekacz

Cinematography

Sue Gibson

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-United States-Netherlands;

First Look Studios, Bergen Film & TV, Newmarket Capital Group, BBC Film, NPS Televisie, Netherlands Film Fund

Genre

Drama. Romance | 1900s. 1920s. Costume Drama. Old Age / Elderly

Movie Groups

Virginia Woolf Adaptations

Synopsis

Vanessa Redgrave (Howard's End) plays Clarissa Dalloway, an MP's wife, whose life is thrown into crisis when a lover she rejected 30 years ago makes an unexpected appearance at a party she is hosting at her elegant London home, prompting bittersweet memories of her youth. Marleen Gorris, the Oscar winning director of 'Antonia s Line', brings to life Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking 1925 novel, which itself inspired Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, 'The Hours'. Beautifully filmed in period London and featuring an outstanding cast including Natascha McElhone (Solaris) and Rupert Graves (A Room with a View), MRS DALLOWAY perfectly captures Virginia Woolf's concerns about choice, truth and destiny.

Awards: 1997: San Sebastián Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Seashell

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Critics' reviews

"Director Marleen Gorris and screenwriter Eileen Atkins have done a remarkable job of suggesting the inner mental jumble Woolf strove to convey and constructing an exterior narrative of luminous beauty."

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
"A highly romantic, deeply melancholy drama, the film offers psychological and existential insights about the inevitable effects - and price - of life choices."

Emanuel Levy: Variety
"The first act will be perplexing for those unfamiliar with the novel, but Redgrave's performance steers us through, and by the end we understand with complete, final clarity what the story was about (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
'''Mrs. Dalloway' is as elegantly wrought and reflective as the material allows (which is to say that in this case, a trip to the library makes for an invaluable part of the experience)."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times

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Mrs. Dalloway

1997

Marleen Gorris

5.7

(360)