Inspired by Virginia Woolf, a young writer worries that marriage will hinder her literary ambitions. The film includes extracts from Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse and her essay Professions for Women, both read by feminist filmmaker and theorist Laura Mulvey.
Mary Maddox
Lily
Jean Rimmer
Mrs. Ramsay
Edmund Warwick
Grandfather
Maureen Bennett
Gerry
Laura Mulvey
Extracts of Virginia Woolf
Inspired by Virginia Woolf, a young writer worries that marriage will hinder her literary ambitions. The film includes extracts from Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse and her essay Professions for Women, both read by feminist filmmaker and theorist Laura Mulvey.
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