Vita & Virginia (2018)

It's the fascinating true story about the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.

Director:

Chanya Button

Writers:

Eileen Atkins, Virginia Woolf (letters)

Stars:

Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gemma Arterton	...	Vita Sackville-West
Elizabeth Debicki	...	Virginia Woolf
Isabella Rossellini	...	Lady Sackville
Rupert Penry-Jones	...	Harold Nicolson
Peter Ferdinando	...	Leonard Woolf
Emerald Fennell	...	Vanessa Bell
Gethin Anthony	...	Clive Bell
Rory Fleck Byrne	...	Geoffrey Scott
Karla Crome	...	Dorothy Wellesley
Adam Gillen	...	Duncan Grant
Brenock O'Connor	...	Julian Bell
Amelie Metcalfe	...	Angelica Bell
Darren Dixon	...	Ben Sackville-West
Sam Hardy	...	Nigel Sackville-West
Jane McGrath	...	Nelly

Storyline

Vita and Virginia is a love story of the affair and the friendship between writer Virginia Woolf "Elizabeth Debicki", and aristocrat Vita Sackville West "Gemma Arterton". In 1922, when Vita receives an invitation their paths crossed in Bloomsbury with Virginia. Their romance overcomes all social boundaries, Virginia's mental health struggles Vita's recklessness and neither will ever be the same without the other.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian interest | lesbian sex | lesbian affair | husband wife relationship | england | 

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Taglines:

The Love Story That Inspired Virginia Woolf's Orlando

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Elizabeth Debicki was approached for the role of Virginia Woolf mid-way through shooting the critically acclaimed, all female heist film Widows (2018). She had about one month to prepare for the role after finishing up that movie, and admits having been daunted by the prospect of playing the literary icon. "I'd read 'Mrs. Dalloway' and 'To the Lighthouse,' but would not have called myself a Woolf aficionado," she said. To prepare herself for the role Debicki read Woolf's many diary entries and pored meticulously over her body of work.

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Goofs

When Vita and her husband Harold are in Egypt, a woman says greetings in Persian to them, nobody speaks Persian in Egypt.

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Quotes

Lady Sackville: I hope you're not thinking of running off with her as well.

User Reviews

wrong sountrack

I have never in my life heard such a wrong music for a particular film. while the costumes, scenography and everything else is aiming to be realistic, historical, MUSIC is completely unrelated to any of that...it doesn't communicate in any way with the rest of the film. it makes it very hard to watch, creates distraction.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Ireland UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 August 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Vita & Virginia

Filming Locations:

Ireland

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,408, 25 August 2019

Gross USA:

$42,741

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$793,439

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mirror Productions, Blinder Films, Bórd Scannán na hÉireann

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1