Overview
- The film's first trailer appeared on Thursday, October 1, and Neon confirmed a U.S. theatrical rollout beginning December 11.
- Clarissa is a contemporary Lagos-set reworking of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway written and directed by siblings Arie and Chuko Esiri with Chuko credited as the screenwriter.
- The ensemble is led by Sophie Okonedo and India Amarteifio and includes David Oyelowo, Toheeb Jimoh, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Ayo Edebiri.
- Shot on 35mm in Nigeria, the film premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and received a Queer Palm nomination, drawing festival attention for its art-house approach.
- Critics and the filmmakers frame Clarissa as part of a new wave of Nigerian filmmaking that uses festival exposure, international collaborators and literary adaptation to reach global art-house audiences.