Director
Stephen Daldry
Leading Actors/Actresses
Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Miranda Richardson, Ed Harris, Stephen Dillane
Genre
Drama, Period Drama
Language
English
Awards
Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe, Best Actress - Nicole Kidman. Best Oicture Academy Award - Scott Rudon, Robert Fox. Best Supporting Actor - Ed Harris. Best supporting actress : Julianne Moore
Date of Release
2002
Producer
Scott Rudin, Robert Fox
Setting and Context
Three different settings; in London and suburbs whilst Virginia Woolf is writing her novel "Mrs Dalloway"; Los Angeles just after the end of World War Two and New York, 2001/2
Narrator and Point of View
Point of view of each of the three central female characters depending on which one is being portrayed at the time
Tone and Mood
Depressing, foreboding
Protagonist and Antagonist
The women are the protagonists and society's expectations of them that keep them trapped in unfulfilling situations are the antagonists
Major Conflict
Conflict within each of the characters regarding their feelings about their lives and also their feeling about mortality and suicide
Climax
The discovery that Laura Brown is Richard's mother is the climax as it shows how time passes and intertwines
Foreshadowing
Virginia's constant focus on suicide with reference to her main character foreshadows her own preoccupation with the possibility of ending her own life
Understatement
Laura is dissatisfied with her life which is an understatement since she wants only to escape from it
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
No specific filming techniques
Allusions
The film constantly alludes to the finished novel "Mrs Dalloway"
Paradox
When Richard is in a relationship with Clarissa it seems that he is being dishonest hiding his homosexuality behind the guise of a straight relationship which is paradoxical in that Clarissa is doing the same thing
Parallelism
There is a parallel between Clarissa Dalloway, the fictional character, and Clarissa Vaughn, as. Otho leave the house in the morning with the purpose of purchasing flowers
