Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway (1998)

Genres - Drama, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Feminist Film, Period Film, Psychological Drama  |   Release Date - Feb 20, 1998 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 97 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom, United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

This adaptation of the novel by Virginia Woolf stars Vanessa Redgrave as Clarissa Dalloway, a woman in her mid-'50s living in London five years after the end of WWI. As Mrs. Dalloway prepares an elaborate dinner party at the home she shares with her husband, a prominent politician, she finds herself looking back on her life 30 years before, when as a young woman (played by (Natascha McElhone), she was in love with two different men -- the solid and safe Richard Dalloway (John Standing) and the exciting, free-spirited Peter Walsh (Michael Kitchen). Clarissa also recalls her close friendship with Sally (Lena Headey) as she wonders if she made the right choice in marrying Richard -- especially when Peter makes an unexpected appearance at her party. Mrs. Dalloway also finds herself moved in a way she never anticipated by the plight of Septimus Smith (Rupert Graves), a young man severely injured during the war whom she has never met. Mrs. Dalloway was directed by Marleen Gorris, whose previous credit was the international success Antonia's Line.

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Keywords

dinner-party, love-triangle, old-flame, reminiscence, war

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High Production Values