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‘Clarissa’ Review: Sophie Okonedo Illuminates a Quietly Dazzling Nigerian Reinterpretation of “Mrs Dalloway”
Virginia Woolf’s interior epic “Mrs Dalloway” survives — and thrives — following a surprisingly successful transplantation from London to Lagos in brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri’s vivid and velvety “Clarissa,” which places a superb Sophie Okonedo, radiant with melancholy, at the heart of its remarkably well-cast ensemble. Expanding in ambition and feeling from their promising […]
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According to Variety’s source item, ‘Clarissa’ Review: Sophie Okonedo Illuminates a Quietly Dazzling Nigerian Reinterpretation of “Mrs Dalloway”, Virginia Woolf’s interior epic “Mrs Dalloway” survives — and thrives — following a surprisingly successful transplantation from London to Lagos in brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri’s vivid and velvety “Clarissa,” which places a superb Sophie Okonedo, radiant with melancholy, at the heart of its remarkably well-cast ensemble. Expanding in ambition and feeling from their promising […]
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- ‘Clarissa’ Review: Sophie Okonedo Illuminates a Quietly Dazzling Nigerian Reinterpretation of “Mrs Dalloway”Variety - 2026-05-21T13:27:05+00:00
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