Named after Virginia Woolf's novel of the same name, this film swaps the writer's own voice for a story she once told about someone else entirely: a young Edwardian woman weighing what she owes her family against what she wants for herself.
What is Virginia Woolf's Night & Day about?
Katharine Hilbery has grown up inside a household that treats literary reputation as inheritance, and the pressure to marry well sits on her like a second family name. When her father steers her toward a match she has not chosen, she starts testing the edges of the life laid out for her, through a friendship with a suffragette unafraid to argue in public, and an editor who takes her seriously as a mind rather than a prospect. Set in London in 1910, the film follows Katharine's slow refusal to accept that ambition and affection are mutually exclusive, without pretending the choice in front of her is simple.
About the cast
The film is led by Haley Bennett and Elyas M'Barek, with a supporting cast built from familiar British names: Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders, Timothy Spall, Lily Allen, Sally Phillips and Misia Butler. That mix lets the film move between drawing-room comedy and something more serious without the tone ever fully settling in one place.
Context & significance
Directed by Tina Gharavi, the film is a co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany, released in 2026. It sits at the intersection of period drama and comedy, using the Edwardian setting less as costume-drama backdrop than as a frame for arguments about class, marriage and creative ambition that the ensemble plays for both warmth and friction.
Watching Virginia Woolf's Night & Day on Ktime
The film streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles both available, so viewers can choose the version that suits them. Watching requires only a free K-Time account login, no separate purchase or trial period, and the site's Farsi-language interface is built for the diaspora audience it serves, from browsing through to playback.