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Vita & Virginia

Vita & Virginia

The love story that inspired Virginia Woolf's Orlando.

20196.81h 50m

Overview

Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the two forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages.

Directed by Chanya Button
Written by Eileen Atkins, Chanya Button
Produced by Katie Holly, Evangelo Kioussis
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Top Cast

Elizabeth Debicki

Elizabeth Debicki

Virginia Woolf

Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton

Vita Sackville-West

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Lady Sackville

Rupert Penry-Jones

Rupert Penry-Jones

Harold Nicolson

Peter Ferdinando

Peter Ferdinando

Leonard Woolf

Emerald Fennell

Emerald Fennell

Vanessa Bell

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Ralph

Sam Hardy

Sam Hardy

Nigel Sackville-West

Gethin Anthony

Gethin Anthony

Clive Bell

Rory Fleck-Byrne

Rory Fleck-Byrne

Geoffrey Scott

Themes & Keywords

biographybased on true storypolyamorylgbt1920slesbianvirginia woolf

About Vita & Virginia

Vita & Virginia is a drama, romance film released in 2019 exploring themes of biography, based on true story, polyamory, lgbt, 1920s, lesbian. Directed by Chanya Button, it stars Elizabeth Debicki, Gemma Arterton, Isabella Rossellini. Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the two forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages.

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