Daphne / 2007
Daphne /2007
Starring: Geraldine Somerville,Janet McTeer and Elizabeth McGovern
The film of Daphne du Maurier, based on personal letters and biographies, the film tells the story of Daphne's unrequited passion for the beautiful and glamorous American heiress, Ellen Doubleday, and how the play she wrote about this forbidden desire led her to a life-changing love affair with the irreverent, fun-loving actress Gertrude Lawrence. That she was lesbian seem not in dispute. Daphne called herself "a boy in a box" this revealing drama shows how Daphne's incendiary love life informed the writing of her compelling stories.
Starring: Geraldine Somerville,Janet McTeer and Elizabeth McGovern
The film of Daphne du Maurier, based on personal letters and biographies, the film tells the story of Daphne's unrequited passion for the beautiful and glamorous American heiress, Ellen Doubleday, and how the play she wrote about this forbidden desire led her to a life-changing love affair with the irreverent, fun-loving actress Gertrude Lawrence. That she was lesbian seem not in dispute. Daphne called herself "a boy in a box" this revealing drama shows how Daphne's incendiary love life informed the writing of her compelling stories.
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