Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Veteran Nollywood actress Joke Silva has been confirmed for a role in Clarissa, an upcoming American drama film directed and produced by Nigerian-British filmmakers Arie and Chuko Esiri.

The film is a contemporary reimagining of Virginia Woolf's 1925 classic novel 'Mrs Dalloway', a modernist work that explores memory, identity, class and the passage of time. Clarissa centres on a society hostess preparing for a gathering, while confronting unresolved memories, intimate relationships and the emotional scars of her past.

The production was filmed across Lagos and Delta State, blending Nigerian urban and coastal settings with an international cast and crew in what producers describe as a cross-continental storytelling e...