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About
The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
Theatrical
Dec 27, 2002
Box Office
$108.8M
Budget
$25.0M
Return
4.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 24, 2003
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Scott Rudin Productions, Robert Fox Productions, Miramax
Keywords
london, england
suicide
poetry
aids
drowning
based on novel or book
depression
home
way of life
self-destruction
province
literature
empowerment
country life
family's daily life
sense of life
homelessness
leaving one's family
delusion
writer
gay parent
mother son estrangement
lesbian couple
family estrangement
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Cast
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Nicole Kidman
Virginia Woolf
J
Julianne Moore
Laura Brown
M
Meryl Streep
Clarissa Vaughan
S
Stephen Dillane
Leonard Woolf
J
Jack Rovello
Richie
E
Ed Harris
Richard Brown
M
Miranda Richardson
Vanessa Bell
J
John C. Reilly
Dan Brown
A
Allison Janney
Sally Lester
L
Lyndsey Marshal
Lottie Hope
L
Linda Bassett
Nelly Boxall
C
Christian Coulson
Ralph Partridge
M
Michael Culkin
Doctor
T
Toni Collette
Kitty
M
Margo Martindale
Mrs. Latch
C
Colin Stinton
Hotel Clerk
C
Claire Danes
Julia Vaughan
J
Jeff Daniels
Louis Waters
E
Eileen Atkins
Barbara in the Flower Shop
C
Carmen De Lavallade
Clarissa's Neighbor
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Quotes
See all →Questioning the Purpose of the Gathering
Richard
Who is this party for?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Celebrating a Friend's Achievement at a Party
Clarissa
I'm having a party. My friend Richard has won the Carruthers.
Florist
Well that's just terrific! If I knew what it was.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
