Vita and Virginia

Vita and Virginia
Directed by Chanya Button
Produced by
  • Evangelo Kioussis
  • Katie Holly
Screenplay by
  • Eileen Atkins
  • Chanya Button
Based on Vita and Virginia by Eileen Atkins
Starring
Music by Isobel Waller-Bridge
Cinematography Carlos De Carvalho
Edited by Mark Trend
Production
companies
  • Bl!nder Films
  • Mirror Productions
Distributed by Thunderbird Releasing
Release date
  • 7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
 110 minutes
Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
Language English

Vita and Virginia is a 2018 British biographical romance drama film directed by Chanya Button. The screenplay, written by Button and Eileen Atkins, is adapted from the 1992 play Vita & Virginia by Atkins.[1] The film stars Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, and Isabella Rossellini. Set in the 1920s, Vita and 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 7 September 2018.

Cast

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,[3] with Evangelo Kioussis of Mirror Productions and Katie Holly of Bl!nder Films as producers.[3][4][5][6] The screenplay is based on Atkins' stage play Vita & Virginia.[2] 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.[2]

On 8 February 2017, it was announced that Eva Green and Gemma Arterton had been cast in the film.[7][8][lower-alpha 2] In May 2017, it was reported that Green had left the project due to scheduling conflicts. Green was replaced by Andrea Riseborough.[9][10] Elizabeth Debicki was eventually cast in the role of Woolf in August 2017, with Isabella Rossellini also joining the production.[11][12][13]

Financing was procured from the Irish Film Board, Piccadilly Pictures, Sampsonic Media, and Lipsync Productions; with Protagonist Pictures handling international sales.[2]

Principal photography began in September 2017 in Dublin, Ireland.[14][15][2]

In August 2017, Thunderbird Releasing acquired the distribution rights for the United Kingdom.[13][16] 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.[11]

The first film still was released by Protagonist Pictures on 1 November 2017.[17][18]

Release

The world premiere was held at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2018.[19][20][21][22]

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ Atkins, Eileen (1995). Vita & Virginia (PDF). Samuel French, Inc. ISBN 0-573-13012-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McCarthy, Esther (18 February 2018). "'Vita & Virginia' with Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki: exclusive new image and set report". Screen Daily. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 D'Alessandro, Anthony (30 June 2016). "Story About Virginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West Love Affair Headed To The Big Screen". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Knox, Kirsty Blake (2 February 2017). "Woolf's love story gets Irish producer's touch". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. ↑ McNeice, Katie (13 February 2017). "Blinder Films to Co-Produce 'Vita & Virginia' starring Eva Green & Gemma Arterton". Irish Film & Television Network. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Final Cast Announced for Irish/UK Creative Co-Production, Vita and Virginia". Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Staff (8 February 2017). "Eva Green, Gemma Arterton to Star in Virginia Woolf Movie 'Vita & Virginia'". Variety. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. ↑ Pulver, Andrew (8 February 2017). "Gemma Arterton and Eva Green cast in Virginia Woolf lesbian romance". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Bamigboye, Baz (18 May 2017). "Sarah Lancashire and Martin Freeman stage a Labour comback [sic]... and there are 20,000 tickets up for grabs". Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  10. ↑ The Playlist [@ThePlaylist] (19 May 2017). "Andrea Riseborough Replaces Eva Green In 'Vita & Virginia' With Gemma". Twitter. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  11. 1 2 Grater, Tom (23 August 2017). "Elizabeth Debicki replaces Eva Green in lesbian romance 'Vita & Virginia'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  12. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (23 August 2017). "Elizabeth Debicki to Play Virginia Woolf in 'Vita & Virginia'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  13. 1 2 Mitchell, Robert (23 August 2017). "Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini Join Virginia Woolf Biopic 'Vita & Virginia'". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  14. ↑ Bullock, Andrew (19 September 2017). "Gemma Arterton keeps her carefully styled locks in place with a hair net as she steps out in a flowing 1920s flapper girl costume on set of upcoming Woolf biopic Vita and Virginia". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  15. ↑ Evry, Max (1 November 2017). "First Look at Debicki & Arterton in Vita & Virginia". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Vita & Virginia". Thunderbird Releasing. 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  17. ↑ Horst, Carole (1 November 2017). "AFM First Look: Elizabeth Debicki, Gemma Arterton in 'Vita & Virginia'". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  18. ↑ Murphy, Niall (1 November 2017). "#IrishFilm: First image from Chanya Button's Vita & Virginia, produced by Blinder Films". Scannain. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  19. ↑ "Vita & Virginia". Toronto International Film Festival. 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  20. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (August 14, 2018). "Toronto unveils Contemporary World Cinema, more Galas and Special Presentations". Screen Daily. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  21. ↑ Kiang, Jessica (18 September 2018). "Toronto Film Review: 'Vita & Virginia'". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  22. ↑ Miller, Julie (18 September 2018). "Meet the Woman Bringing Virginia Woolf's Notorious Love Affair to the Screen". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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