Effie Gray


1h 48m 2015

Brief Synopsis

The film explores the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin, his teenage bride Effie Gray, and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. After marrying at the tender age of 19, Effie quickly realizes her marriage is a lie when Ruskin refuses to consummate it. Yearning

Film Details

Also Known As
Effie
MPAA Rating
Genre
Biography
Drama
Foreign
Historical
Period
Release Date
2015
Production Company
Bragadin Assicurazioni ; C5, Inc. ; Ealing Studios ; Ealing Studios ; Enrico Lenarduzzi ; Goldcrest ; Onesecure ; Todd-Ao
Distribution Company
Adopt Films ; Metrodome Distribution ; Paradiso Entertainment ; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Location
West Wycombe House, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; Venice, Italy; Scotland; London, England, United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 48m

Synopsis

The film explores the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin, his teenage bride Effie Gray, and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. After marrying at the tender age of 19, Effie quickly realizes her marriage is a lie when Ruskin refuses to consummate it. Yearning for affection, she soon falls for the charms of the artist John Everett Millais. Desperate to be freed from John, Effie embarks on a life-changing journey to become one of the first women in history to seek a divorce from her husband, making her an everlasting figure in feminist history.

Crew

Marco Alzetta

Grip

Anita Anderson

Makeup

Laura Anderson

Makeup

Alice Anselmi

Wardrobe

Mark Appleby

Sound

Kim Armitage

Script Supervisor

Daniel Bacciu

Propman

Werner Bacciu

Key Grip

Chrissie Baker

Hair & Makeup

Jamie Baker

Foley Editor

Vanessa Baker

Adr Voice Casting

Tommaso Baratto

Crane Grip

Alberto Barban

Technical Coordinator

Michelangelo Barbieri

Propman

Jacopo Baretton

Electrician

Jacob Barry

Clapper Loader

Michael Barry

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Franco Basaglia

Assistant Director

Cara Beckinsale

Casting Director

Nicola Begotto

Electrician

Valentina Bellomo

Assistant Location Manager

Michele Berini

Technical Coordinator

Theo Berman

Clapper Loader

Cristiana Berniti

Seamstress Supervisor

Matteo Bertelli

Technical Coordinator

Barbara Bettelli

Consultant

Consuelo Bidorini

Assistant Director

Hassan Blal

Driver

Mario Boccanegra

Painter

Gabriele Bocus

Technical Coordinator

Matteo Bolzonello

Camera Trainee

Enrico Bortignon

Technical Coordinator

Andy Bradford

Stunt Coordinator

Luca Bragagnolo

Technical Coordinator

Ali Brown

Costume Coordinator

James Brown

Driver

Svetlana Kotsetsky Browne

Clapper Loader

Tatjana Buchner

Propman

Stephen Burgess

Camera Focus Puller

Jay Butcher

Carpenter

Cathal Campbell

Electrician

David Richard Campbell

Music

Giovanni Caniato

Coordinator

Paul Cantelon

Music

Matteo Caocci

Technical Coordinator

Laura Cappato

Production Manager

Gianni Carpentieri

Accountant

Tiziano Casanova

Clapper Loader

Senise Castronuovo

Technical Coordinator

Pasquale Catalano

Special Effects Technician

Linda Catlin

Makeup Artist

Paola Cavarzerani

Production Coordinator

Paolo De Cecco

Technical Coordinator

Guido Cerasuolo

Executive Producer

Guido Cerasuolo

Line Producer

Fabrizio Cerato

Location Manager

Neal Champion

Special Effects Supervisor

Kam Chan

Foley Editor

Gary Chester

Music Engineer

Luke Chisholm

Grip

Mally Chung

Location Manager

Wailoon Chung

Electrician

Elena Cipolato

Makeup

Rudy Citossi

Technical Coordinator

Aron Clayton

Assistant Director

Sean Clayton

Assistant Director

Susanna Codognato

Art Department

Beth Collins

Wardrobe

Kevin Collyer

Facilities Supervisor

Cressida Connolly

Wardrobe

Marko Constanzo

Foley Artist

Tommaso Copetta

Technical Coordinator

Francis Cullen

Sound

Francesco Cuomo

Technical Coordinator

Nick Cupac

Grip

Nick Curson

Driver

Tommaso Dabala

Assistant Location Manager

Marco Dall'asta

Lighting Technician

Stefano Dalla Lana

Location Manager

Konnie Daniel

Makeup

Suzanne David

Makeup Artist

Giovanni De Gaetano

Transportation Coordinator

Raffaele Dessi

Choreographer

John Deutsch

Assistant

Catherine Buyse Dian

Wardrobe

Andy Dixon

Facilities Supervisor

Nicola Dove

Still Photographer

Andrew Dunn

Director Of Photography

Pera Dunstal

Makeup

Georgia Edwards

Assistant

Harry Elvin

Crane Grip

Ewan Epton

Electrician

Laura Ergis

Wardrobe

Enrico Fabris

Grip

Alvise Facchinetti

Floor Runner

Simone Falchi

Technical Coordinator

David Ferrarese

Technical Coordinator

Emilio Di Filippo

Lighting Technician

Daniela Foa

Other

Ben Foat

Video Assistant

Chris Foggin

Assistant Director

Jack Foran

Grip

Celestia Fox

Casting Director

Simon Franco

Technical Coordinator

Simonetta Di Fresco

Production Coordinator

Matteo Frollano

Security

Andrea Gambardella

Technical Coordinator

Paul Ghirardani

Art Director

Colin Giffin

Driver

Federico Giuseppini

Consultant

Peter Gleaves

Adr

Julian Gleek

Executive Producer

Nicola Gomiero

Office Runner

David Grose

Transportation Captain

Barbara Harrington

Costume Coordinator

Iona Harris

Production Secretary

Mick Harris

Facilities Supervisor

Maureen Hetherington

Makeup Artist

Robert Hewison

Associate Producer

Vita Hewison

Still Photographer

Dermot Hickey

Camera Focus Puller

Gerry Higgins

Rigging Electrician

Sherrell Hodges

Facilities Supervisor

Polly Hope

Production Coordinator

Paul Hsu

Supervising Sound Editor

John Hutton

Electrician

Marino Ingrassia

Painter

Susan Jacobs

Music Scoring Mixer

Chris Johnston

Unit Manager

Pat Karam

Location Manager

Martin Keatman

Associate Producer

Lizzie Keogh

Makeup

Frank Kern

Foley Editor

Mark Kingston

Security

Dora Krolikowska

Loader

Carlo La Melia

Accounting Assistant

Eleanor Landgrebe

Assistant Costume Designer

George Lara

Foley

Katherine Law

Graphics

Alessio Lazzaro

Technical Coordinator

Maurilio Lazzaro

Makeup

Katie Lee

Makeup Artist

Enrico Lenarduzzi

Cable Operator

Ivano Lepscky

Payroll Accountant

Marissa Littlefield

Adr Editor

Luca Livieri

Technical Coordinator

Rebecca Lloyd

Assistant Editor

Antonella Longato

Assistant Production Coordinator

Tony Luxford

Driver

Charlie Lynam

Art Department

Lyndie Maclntyre

Wardrobe

Kristen Macmahon

Camera Focus Puller

Shazia Majeed

Medic

Simone Manente

Lighting Technician

Carlo Marinoni

Technical Coordinator

Roderick Marley

Camera Focus Puller

Mauro Marri

Technical Coordinator

Lydia Martin

Makeup

Caroline Martini

Makeup Artist

Luca Massarotto

Propman

Matt Mayer

Assistant Editor

Bunny Stanway Mayers

Makeup

Lisa Mcdiarmid

Art Department

Ossie Mclean

Camera Operator

William Mcphail

Costume Supervisor

James Merifield

Production Designer

Giulia Miazzo

Wardrobe

Tommaso Miglio

Technical Coordinator

Sian Milne

Stunt Double

Marco Mingardi

Stunt Coordinator

Francesco Molinari

Technical Coordinator

Pauline More

Medic

Branka Mrkic-tana

Adr/Dialogue Editor

Simon Muir

Grip

Jackie Mulhearn

Music Scoring Mixer

Costantin Munteanu

Lighting Technician

Dean Murray

Clapper Loader

Ruth Myers

Costume Designer

Sue Newbould

Makeup Artist

Colin Nicolson

Sound

Colin Nicolson

Sound Mixer

Sean O'connor

Driver

Jane O'donnell

Wardrobe

David O'donoghue

Driver

Megan Ogilvie

Loader

Juliana Overmeer

Art Director

Dean Parker

Music

Angeles Parrinello

Clapper Loader

Elvis Pasqual

Gaffer

Massimo Pauletto

Art Department

Piero Pedetti

Carpenter

Osvaldo Perez

Seamstress Supervisor

Suzana Peric

Music Editor

Gianluca Petrazzi

Stunt Coordinator

Justin Hayward Phillips

Driver

Tim Phillips

Clapper Loader

Giorgio Dalla Pietà

Coordinator

Elia De Polo

Technical Coordinator

Mike Pritchard

Driver

Elliot Purvis

Camera Trainee

Film Details

Also Known As
Effie
MPAA Rating
Genre
Biography
Drama
Foreign
Historical
Period
Release Date
2015
Production Company
Bragadin Assicurazioni ; C5, Inc. ; Ealing Studios ; Ealing Studios ; Enrico Lenarduzzi ; Goldcrest ; Onesecure ; Todd-Ao
Distribution Company
Adopt Films ; Metrodome Distribution ; Paradiso Entertainment ; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Location
West Wycombe House, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; Venice, Italy; Scotland; London, England, United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 48m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Limited Release in United States April 3, 2015

Released in United States 2015

Released in United States on Video February 2, 2016

Based on the true story of Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his marriage to Effie Gray.

Orlando Bloom was previously attached to star.

Released in United States 2015 (World Cinema Now)

Released in United States on Video February 2, 2016

Carey Mulligan was previously attached to star.

Saoirse Ronan was previously attached to star.

Limited Release in United States April 3, 2015