BFI London Film Festival

Clarissa is the eponymous character, played by a luminous Sophie Okendo, who is transplanted to modern-day Lagos in this tale of societal interaction interspersed with class dynamics, loosely based on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway novel from 1925. Sensuous and slow-paced, Clarissa embraces the Nigerian landscape to make it a central character amongst a stellar cast. However, the subtle direction and restraint