A new clip from Virginia Woolf’s Night And Day sees Lily Allen‘s Mary Datchet organising the Suffragettes – watch it exclusively on NME.
The film is an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic 1919 novel. Set in Edwardian England, Night And Day focuses on two women – Allen’s fearless, funny Datchet and Haley Bennet’s passionate astronomer Katherine Hilbery – who have different ideas on romance and success. The above clip sees the pair working together to organise a protest in support of women’s suffrage before Mary invites Katherine to study in their headquarters.
Directed by Tina Gharavi, Virginia Woolf’s Night And Day also stars Jack Whitehall as frustrated poet William Rodney and Elyas M’Barek as radical book editor Ralph Denham, while Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall play Katherine’s parents.
“Set in London in 1910 brilliant and headstrong Katharine Hilbery resists her parents’ plans for marriage, determined instead to pursue her passion for astronomy. When her controlling father forces her into an engagement with family friend William, Katharine’s carefully guarded independence is threatened,” reads the official logline of the un-romantic comedy.
“Her world begins to expand when she befriends spirited suffragette Mary Datchet and crosses paths with working-class editor Ralph Denham, who is assisting her mother, Mrs. Hilbery with a family biography. As romantic loyalties shift, Katharine is pushed to question everything she has been taught about love, ambition, and how to claim her space in the world.”
