Vita & Virginia

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Vita & Virginia
File:Vita and Virginia poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Chanya Button
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  • Evangelo Kioussis
  • Katie Holly
  • Shashank Shambharkar
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Based on Vita & Virginia
by Eileen Atkins
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Music by Isobel Waller-Bridge
Cinematography Carlos De Carvalho
Edited by Mark Trend
Distributed by Thunderbird Releasing
Release dates
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  • 11 September 2018 (2018-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Running time
 110 minutes
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  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
Language English
Box office $789,095[1]

Vita & Virginia is a 2018 biographical romantic drama film directed by Chanya Button. The screenplay, written by Button and Eileen Atkins, is adapted from the 1992 play Vita & Virginia by Atkins.[2] The film stars Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, and Isabella Rossellini. Set in the 1920s, Vita & Virginia tells the story of the love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf.

The film had its world premiere as a Special Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2018.[3][4] It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 July 2019, and in the United States on 23 August 2019.

Plot

Set in the 1920s, the writers Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf move in different London circles. When they meet, Vita decides Virginia will be her next conquest. They have an affair against the background of each of their open marriages.[5]

Cast

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Production

On 30 June 2016, Deadline Hollywood reported that British director Chanya Button[lower-alpha 1] was to direct Vita and Virginia from a script by Eileen Atkins,[7] with Evangelo Kioussis of Mirror Productions and Katie Holly of Bl!nder Films as producers.[7][8][9][10][excessive citation] The screenplay is based on Atkins' stage play Vita & Virginia.[6] Gemma Arterton, who also became an executive producer of the film, had received the first draft from Atkins years before and showed it to Button; and Button subsequently co-wrote the final script with Atkins.[6]

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Elizabeth Debicki in 2012
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Virginia Woolf in 1902

On 8 February 2017, it was announced that Eva Green and Gemma Arterton had been cast in the film.[11][12][lower-alpha 2] In May 2017, it was reported that Green had left the project due to scheduling conflicts.[13] Green was replaced by Andrea Riseborough.[14] Elizabeth Debicki was eventually cast in the role of Woolf in August 2017, with Isabella Rossellini also joining the production.[13][15][16]

Financing was procured from the Irish Film Board, Piccadilly Pictures, Sampsonic Media, and Lipsync Productions; with Protagonist Pictures handling international sales.[6] Principal photography began in September 2017 in Dublin, Ireland.[17][6]

In August 2017, Thunderbird Releasing acquired the distribution rights for the United Kingdom.[16][18] Distribution rights for Germany were acquired by NFP, Australia and New Zealand by Transmission Films, Czech Republic and Slovakia by CinemArt, Greece by Seven Films, Hong Kong by EDKO, Israel by Forum Film, Poland by M2 Films, Portugal by Lusumundo, and in the former Yugoslavia by MCF.[13]

The first film still was released by Protagonist Pictures on 1 November 2017.[19][20]

Release

The world premiere was held at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2018.[21][4][22] It was selected as the opening night film of the 2019 Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco and the 2019 BFI Flare in London.[23][24]

Vita and Virginia was released theatrically in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 5 July 2019 by Thunderbird Releasing.[25][26] It was released in the United States on 23 August 2019 by IFC Films.[27]

Home media

The film was released on video on demand (VOD) in the US on 30 August 2019.[27]

Reception

Critical reception

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Accolades

Elizabeth Debicki's portrayal of Virginia Woolf was recognised with a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 22nd British Independent Film Awards.[30][31] The film was also nominated for Best Makeup & Hair at the 16th Irish Film & Television Awards.[32]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sacha Polak had come on board as director in 2014 but withdrew from the project soon after.[6]
  2. ↑ Romola Garai was originally cast in the role of Virginia Woolf.[6]

References

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Further reading

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External links

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