The film, starring Haley Bennett, Elyas M’Barek, Lily Allen, Jack Whitehall, Sally Phillips with Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall received the red carpet treatment as part of SXSW London’s opening night celebrations on 1st June.
Based on the novel by Virgina Woolf, the film is an un-romantic comedy about a passionate astronomer, Katherine Hilbery (played by Haley Bennet), who does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.
Fun and contemporary in tone, this refreshing film showcases an ensemble of humorous performances, set against the ravishing backdrop of London and Cambridge in 1910, advances in science and technology, the suffragette movement and crumbing Edwardian patriarchy.
The film also stars Jack Whitehall as Katharine’s constant confidant, Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall as her parents, Sally Phillips as Cousin Joan and Lily Allen as straight-talking, fearless, funny suffragette Mary.
Gayle Woodruffe, Operations Director at North East Screen said;
“This period piece is just one of the productions to be supported by the North East Production Fund. Our rich heritage is reflected in the locations used which double up for London including Beamish in County Durham, The Common Room and The Lit in Phil in the centre of Newcastle. We’re proud of our world class filming locations and it’s great to see such phenomenal talent working here led by North East Director Tina Gharavi alongside a number of local crew.”
The North East Production Fund has supported the North East by bringing more GVA: £65m over the past 3 years.
This production is supported by the North East Production Fund delivered on behalf of the North East Screen Industries Partnership (NESIP) by North East Screen.
