Vita & Virginia
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.
Vita & Virginia
- Eileen Atkins
- Chanya Button
Vita & Virginia
by Eileen Atkins
- Evangelo Kioussis
- Katie Holly
- Shashank Shambharkar
Carlos De Carvalho
Mark Trend
- Bl!nder Films
- Mirror Productions
- Protagonist Pictures
- Mehra Entertainment
- LipSync Productions
- Rather Good Films Ltd
- Screen Ireland
- 11 September 2018 (TIFF)
- 5 July 2019 (United Kingdom and Ireland)
110 minutes
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
English
$789,095[1]
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.
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 41% approval rating based on 92 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Vita & Virginia takes a well-acted and initially intriguing look at the relationship between its real-life protagonists, but is undone by unsatisfying storytelling."[28] According to Metacritic, which sampled the opinions of 18 critics and calculated a score of 43 out of 100, the film received "mixed or average reviews".[29]
Accolades[edit]
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]