Country: USA
Year: 2026
Duration: 100'
Julia, a writer and mother, is getting ready to host a Fourth of July party at her luxurious estate in Westchester, New York. Throughout the day, she runs into her teenage daughter, who is determined to assert her independence; an ex-boyfriend, who has moved on with his life; and a literary agent, whom she hopes to impress even though she hasn’t written in years. However, her chance encounter with Taylor, a young mother, may prove to be the most significant. Taylor has just had her third child, is suffering from postpartum depression, and is preparing to return to work as a nurse in the delivery room. While Julia goes from running errands to making preparations for the party, Taylor must respond to her children’s constant needs while also trying to take care of herself. A contemporary reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway.
Biography
film director
Rachel Rose
(USA) has emerged over the past decade as one of the foremost artists of her generation. Her work has been included in the Venice Biennale, Carnegie International, and the São Paulo Biennial, and she has had solo exhibitions at institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Serpentine Galleries, and Museu Serralves, among others. Her work is held in prominent institutional collections, and she is a recipient of both the Future Fields Award and the Frieze Artist Award. The Last Day is her first feature.
FILMOGRAFIA
Enclosure (cm, 2019), The Last Day (2026).
Declaration
film director
“Through Mrs Dalloway, It’s about the ways in which becoming a mother creates both a primal clarity and existential rudderlessness. I think that mothers experience that tension or the disorientation of these two powerful forces simultaneously, to varying degrees. To some, it can be so disorientating that you lose reality entirely. To others, it can be more subtle, like you lose your will or lose touch with your talent, or who you professionally are. And more broadly it’s about how the most universal, common life changes can be the most radically destabilizing of all.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Rachel Rose. STORY: frome the novel Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Eric K. Yue. EDITING: Taylor Levy. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Olivia Peebles. COSTUME DESIGN: April Napier. MUSIC: Sofia Degli Alessandri. CAST: Alicia Vikander, Wagner Moura, Victoria Pedretti, Elizabeth Masucci, Stephanie D’Agostini, Eva Jade Halford, James Waterston, Amie Mackenzie, Evan Fiest, Reid Clarke, Luciana Vandette. PRODUCERS: Lucie Elwes, Rachel Rose, Mason Plotts, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler for Killer Films, with Luma Projects and Natural Features. CO-PRODUCER: Alex Peace-Power. CONTACT: Lucie Braverman, WestEnd Films
lucie@westendfilms.com
