Vita & Virginia

Name: Vita & Virginia
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Released: August 23, 2019
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Adam Gillen, Elizabeth Debicki, Emerald Fennell, Gemma Arterton, Gethin Anthony

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IFC Films | Release Date: August 23, 2019 | NR

Starring: Adam Gillen, Elizabeth Debicki, Emerald Fennell, Gemma Arterton, Gethin Anthony, Isabella Rossellini, Karla Crome, Peter Ferdinando, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Rupert Penry-Jones

Summary: Set amidst the bohemian high society of 1920s England, Vita & Virginia tells the true story of a literary love affair that fueled the imagination of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated writers. Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton) is the brash, aristocratic wife of a diplomat who refuses to be constrained by her marriage, defiantlySet amidst the bohemian high society of 1920s England, Vita & Virginia tells the true story of a literary love affair that fueled the imagination of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated writers. Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton) is the brash, aristocratic wife of a diplomat who refuses to be constrained by her marriage, defiantly courting scandal through her affairs with women. When she meets the brilliant but troubled Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki), she is immediately attracted to the famed novelist’s eccentric genius and enigmatic allure. So begins an intense, passionate relationship marked by all-consuming desire, intellectual gamesmanship, and destructive jealousy that will leave both women profoundly transformed and inspire the writing of one of Woolf’s greatest works. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Chanya Button

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Romance

Rating: NR

Runtime: 110 min

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Katie Walsh

Aug 28, 2019

This peek into a famous love story makes the audience a participant in the affair, inspiring questions of perspective and truth in love and art, where the only truth worth anything is one deeply felt. Read full review

Lorry Kikta

Sep 11, 2019

The film is truly gorgeous and interesting for fans of literature. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 26, 2019

The drama – featuring the kind of flat, chirruping upper-middle-class English accents that aren’t usually voiced on screen – is intriguing and uncompromisingly high-minded, right on the laugh-with/laugh-at borderline, but interestingly unafraid of mockery. Read full review

Derek Smith

Aug 20, 2019

The film frequently falls back on the stately demeanor of countless other historical biopics and period pieces. Read our review. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Aug 22, 2019

Even Arterton at smouldering full wattage can do little to hold together a picture in which the chemistry between the two leads is non-existent and many of the directorial choices are decidedly odd. Read full review

Simran Hans

Jul 7, 2019

Debicki (The Tale, Widows) is wonderful as Woolf, a wry and solemn observer, but the rest of the film is all too literal. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Aug 22, 2019

Vita & Virginia takes a passionate, real-life affair between two enormously gifted writers and proceeds to throttle the life out of it. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Sep 21, 2019

This is the typical period film that typically looks good, that's typically well produced, that's typically well directed and that's typically well acted but that is also typically quite boring and frankly I didn't feel a real interest in its story while I was watching it beyond whatThis is the typical period film that typically looks good, that's typically well produced, that's typically well directed and that's typically well acted but that is also typically quite boring and frankly I didn't feel a real interest in its story while I was watching it beyond what prompted me to see it in the first place.

In addition, despite the good performances of its protagonists, both Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki lack screen chemistry.
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