Neon’s ‘Clarissa’ Receives Hearty Standing Ovation Following Cannes Premiere
Neon’s film 'Clarissa' premiered at Cannes, receiving a warm standing ovation from the audience. Directed by Arie and Chuko Esiri, the film is a loose adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 'Mrs. Dalloway' and is set in Nigeria. The cast includes notable actors such as Sophie Okonedo and David Oyelowo, who were present at the screening.
- ▪The film 'Clarissa' debuted at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight competition.
- ▪It is shot on 35mm film in Nigeria and follows a high-society woman preparing for a party.
- ▪The film's cast features Sophie Okonedo and David Oyelowo, among others.
- ▪The directors, Arie and Chuko Esiri, expressed gratitude to their collaborators during the introduction.
- ▪The audience responded with a lengthy standing ovation after the screening.
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Hoda Davaine/Getty Images. Arie and Chuko Esiri’s Clarissa is one of the more intriguing titles this year at Cannes. When the film and its cast were announced earlier this year by Neon, which acquired world rights, the announcement went viral. And this evening in Cannes, the film received a hearty standing ovation following its debut screening in the Directors’ Fortnight competition. Shot on 35mm film in Nigeria, the film is a loose adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. The story follows Clarissa, a high-society woman in the throes of preparing to host a party at her home in Lagos, where she will unexpectedly encounter once-intimate friends from her youth.
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