The film tells the story of Wilde’s marriage to Constance Lloyd, a writer and activist, and the sexual awakening Wilde experiences after learning that she is gay.
The film tells the story of Wilde’s marriage to Constance Lloyd, a writer and activist, and the sexual awakening Wilde experiences after learning that she is gay.
Hollywood star Emilia Clarke is set to star as Constance Lloyd, wife of Irish author Oscar Wilde, in filmmaker Sophie Hyde’s upcoming film a perfect wife,
According to time limitThe film tells the story of Wilde’s marriage to Lloyd, a writer and activist, and the sexual awakening Wilde experiences after learning that she is gay.
Lloyd died in 1898 at the age of 40 with his two sons while in exile in Genoa, Italy. He left London and changed his surname to Holland in 1895 to distance him from the scandal of Oscar Wilde’s imprisonment for homosexual acts.
During his life, Lloyd published two books of children’s literature and contributed to newspapers and magazines. She was also a campaigner in the Progressive Dress Reform Movement.
a perfect wife Produced by Olivier Delbosch through Paris-based Curiosa Films, Chris Curling through Zephyr Films in the UK and Matthew Gladhill at Wheelhouse Productions.
The film will mark Clarke’s first big screen credit since the 2019 holiday rom-com last Christmas Directed by Paul Feig. The film starred Clarke alongside Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Emma Thompson, who also co-screened the flick.
Clark’s upcoming projects include McCarthyVaclav Marhoul’s film about disgraced US Senator Joseph McCarthy, in which she stars alongside Michael Shannon.