Sun Nov 1 · 5:30pm
Clarissa (2026)
Clarissa (2026), from the brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri (Eyimofe), sets Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway in contemporary Nigeria. Sophie Okonedo plays Clarissa, who recalls choosing between Richard and the writer Peter (David Oyelowo) as she prepares for a reception, while Septimus becomes a soldier traumatised by the fight against Boko Haram. Shot on 35mm, with Ayo Edebiri in the cast. In IFFBoston's Fall Focus.