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Mrs Dalloway
1997
Critically-acclaimed adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name. It's a lovely summer day and Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for an elaborate party. During the day of her party, she remembers another summer in the past, when she was a beautiful, vivacious and much-courted young woman. Her preparations are .. Read more
| Starring | Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Rupert Graves, Michael Kitchen |
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| Director | Marleen Gorris |
| Genres | Drama |
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Mrs Dalloway
Critically-acclaimed adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name. It's a lovely summer day and Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for an elaborate party. During the day of her party, she remembers another summer in the past, when she was a beautiful, vivacious and much-courted young woman. Her preparations are interrupted however, by the unexpected arrival of a former suitor from that long-ago summer - a once-dashing man she thought she would marry but ultimately rejected. As the day of the party unfolds, Mrs. Dalloway's life also becomes strangely intertwined with a young man she never meets, but whose tragic fate strikes a chord of truth, deep in her soul, that she cannot deny.
| Starring | Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Rupert Graves, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel, Lena Headey, John Standing |
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| Director | Marleen Gorris |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 37 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Feisty Females |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
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This period drama based on Virginia Woolf's novel follows a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave), an emotionally troubled MP's wife, and Septimus Smith (Rupert Graves), a shell-shocked war veteran. Fate connects them at the end of a series of flashbacks that sketch in Clarissa's early life and feature Natascha McElhone as Redgrave's younger self. Eileen Atkins's adaptation of Woolf's intricate novel juggles time and emotional choices with skill, and the performances are uniformly excellent. Yet it's also a rather smug production, trapped in an ivory tower of its own making.
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"...Elegantly wrought and reflective....It is Vanessa Redgrave's marvelous performance as the aging, soul-searching Clarissa that gives the film its grandeur..."
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15 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Mrs Dalloway
Vanessa Redgrave plays the serene and elegant Mrs Dalloway whose character is based upon Virginnia Woolf. It captures the mood and milleu of early twentith century England, as we are told in a series of flashbacks the life story of Mrs Dalloway and her romantic attachments. The iconography, costumes and music all work together to create a wonderful heritage English film.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Unengaging
Although Vanessa Redgrave is undoubtedly a great actress, she wasn't able to make this film come alive. The book on which it is based simply doesn't translate to the medium of film.
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Mrs Dalloway
Critically-acclaimed adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name. It's a lovely summer day and Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for an elaborate party. During the day of her party, she remembers another summer in the past, when she was a beautiful, vivacious and much-courted young woman. ...
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