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Vanessa Redgrave
Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
Natascha McElhone
Young Clarissa
Michael Kitchen
Peter Walsh
Alan Cox
Young Peter
Sarah Badel
Lady Rosseter
Lena Headey
Young Sally
John Standing
Richard Dalloway
Robert Portal
Young Richard
Oliver Ford Davies
Hugh Whitbread
Hal Cruttenden
Young Hugh
Rupert Graves
Septimus Warren Smith
Amelia Bullmore
Rezia Warren Smith
Margaret Tyzack
Lady Bruton
Robert Hardy
Sir William Bradshaw
Richenda Carey
Lady Bradshaw
Katie Carr
Elizabeth Dalloway
Selina Cadell
Miss Kilman
Amanda Drew
Lucy
Phyllis Calvert
Aunt Helena
John Franklyn-Robbins
Lionel
Alistair Petrie
Herbert
Rupert Baker
Joseph Breitkopf
Janet Henfrey
Miss Pym
Polly Pritchett
Nursemaid
Jane Whittenshaw
First Woman by the Lake
Susie Fairfax
Second Woman by the Lake
Hilda Braid
Woman in Deckchair
Derek Smee
Man in Deckchair
Fanny Carby
Singer
Denis Lill
Doctor Holmes
Richard Stirling
Receptionist
Neville Phillips
Mr. Wilkins
Peter Cellier
Lord Lezham
Kate Binchy
Ellie Henderson
Edward Jewesbury
Professor Brierly
Tony Steedman
Prime Minister
Faith Brook
Lady Bexborough
Nancy Nevinson
Mrs. Hilberry
Christopher Staines
Willie
Oscar Pearce
Bookshop Assistant
Reg Thomason
Reggie

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jul 17 2024

It's the morning of her party, and the eponymous "Clarissa" (Vanessa Redgrave) is a little apprehensive. She's married to a politician (John Standing) who has jilted her for luncheon on this important day, so she sets off to buy some flowers then returns to find she has an unexpected visitor. "Peter" (Michael Kitchen) and she have some history, and as the day unfolds we learn a little of just how that played out thanks to some flashbacks with Alan Cox and Natascha McElhone as their younger selves. These depict the build up to decisions and choices that maybe one, or both, wish now had been made...