Claim Your Space This June As Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day Comes To Cinemas
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Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel, Night & Day, is coming to UK and Irish cinemas this June. Check out the international trailer, poster, and images here.
Claim your space this June in UK and Irish cinemas.
Vue Lumiere is bringing Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel, Night and Day, to the big screen this summer. This is an unromantic comedy about a passionate astronomer, Katharine Hilbery (played by Haley Bennett). She does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.
Fun and contemporary in tone, this refreshing film showcases an ensemble of humorous performances. It is set against the ravishing backdrop of London and Cambridge in 1910. The story covers advances in science and technology, the suffragette movement, and the crumbling Edwardian patriarchy.
THE CAST
Adapted for the screen from the 1919 novel by Virginia Woolf by Justine Waddell and directed by BAFTA nominee Tina Gharavi, the film also stars Jack Whitewall as Katharine’s constant confidant. Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall appear as her parents. Sally Phillips takes the role of Cousin Joan, while Misia Butler is her rebellious cousin Cyril. Elyas M’Barek plays radical, book editor Ralph Denham. Lily Allen takes on the role of the outspoken, fearless, and humorous suffragette Mary.
They shot the film in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, and Cologne, Germany. Virginia Woolf’s “Night & Day” hits UK and Irish cinemas on 19th June.
THE PREMISE
In Britain at the turn of the 20th century, a female astronomer tries to avoid the patriarchal attitudes of the day. Set in London in 1910, brilliant and headstrong Katharine Hibery (Haley Bennett) resists her parents’ plan for marriage. She is determined to pursue her passion for astronomy instead. When her controlling father, Mr. Hilbery (Timothy Spall), forces her into an engagement with family friend William (Jack Whitewall), Katharine’s carefully guarded independence is threatened.
Her world begins to expand when she befriends spirited suffragette Mary Datchet (Lily Allen) and crosses paths with working-class editor Ralph Denham (Elyas M’Barek), who is assisting her mother, Mrs. Hilbery (Jennifer Saunders), with a family biography. As romantic loyalties shift, Katharine is pushed to question everything she has been taught about love, ambition, and how to claim her space in the world.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
The film has an impressive lineup of producers, including Justine Waddell, known for “Falling for Stradivari,” Christopher Figg from “Golda,” Meg Thomson, who produced “Freud’s Last Session,” along with Stephen Julius, Philipp Steffens, recognized for “God You’re Such a Prick,” and Julie Link, who is behind “Misfit.” It also has co-producers Annegret Weitkämper-Krug, Sebastian Leutner, and Marc Gabizon. Furthermore, executive producers include Egor Noskov, Margarethe Baillou, Lara Ta, Nadya Gorshkova, Elena Simone, Anke Klesper, Enzo Zelocchi, Konstantin Korenchuk, Saskia Thomas, Ian Hutchinson, Richard Swift, Marc Grewe, Gayle Woodruffe, and Alison Gwynn.
The film is a UK-German co-production between Asterisk Films, Piccadilly Pictures, and GLISK (a Federation Studios company). A Stellican Presentation, in association with M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, Tsavorite Films, North East Screen, Ciara Filmproduction, Elevation Films, Star Mountain Pictures. Co-production partners are Gretchenfilm, Senator Film Produktion, and German Film Partners, with support from Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), and the German Federal Film Board (FFA), and development financing from the BFI (awarding National Lottery Funding).
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Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day will claim its space in UK & Irish cinemas on June 19th.
Introducing Carl! As the News Editor at Future of the Force, Carl has been an invaluable member of our team since early 2016. His expertise and dedication have made him an integral part of our editorial staff. Beyond his professional role, Carl is a fervent supporter of Liverpool F.C. and an avid follower of pop culture. He has a deep passion for Halloween, Friday the 13th, and the iconic movie franchises Star Wars and Star Trek.
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