It explores Vivien Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of “Ivanov.” Joseph Penn, WWII veteran and blue-collar florist encounters Leigh on a delivery. At the same time, the star attends a local psychiatric facility for electroconvulsive therapy. Amidst the backdrop of madness, Leigh and Penn become each other’s sources of truth, beauty, and love.
as Vivien Leigh
as Laurence Olivier
as Freddie
as John Gielgud
as Jack Merivale
as Eldridge
as Byron
as Doctor
as Theater Attendee
as Francesca
as Charlie
as Stage Manager
as Peg
as Waiter (uncredited)
