The Last Day (upcoming film)

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The Last Day
Directed byRachel Rose
Screenplay byRachel Rose
Based on Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEric Yue
Edited byTaylor Levy
Production
companies
  • Animal Kingdom Films
  • Kaplan Morrison
  • Luma Projects
  • Killer Films
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Last Day is an upcoming film written and directed by Rachel Rose and starring Alicia Vikander and Victoria Pedretti.

Contents

Premise

A writer struggles with writers block. [1]

Cast

Production

The film is produced by Killer Films and Animal Kingdom Films, and is loosely adapted from Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway . The film marks the directorial debut of Rachel Rose. The cast is led by Alicia Vikander and Victoria Pedretti. [2] [3] It is produced by Lucie Elwes, Rose, Mason Plotts, Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon of Killer Films. It is executive produced by Maja Hoffmann and Lucas Hoffmann of Luma Projects. [4]

Principal photography took place in New York and wrapped in October 2024. [5] [6]

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