Virginia Woolf(The Hours), in a suburb of London in the early 1920's, is battling insanity as she begins to write her first novel, "Mrs. Dalloway".

Clarissa Vaughan(Meryl Streep), a literary editor who is followed for one climatic day during which she plans a party for her long-time friend and one-time lover, a prominent lawyer dying of AIDs. In the midst of her preparations Clarissa finds herself facing issues of time, freedom, love and letting go of the past.

Laura Brown(Julianne Moore) is a suburban housewife suffocating in the summer sun of 1951 Los Angeles. She feels helplessly trapped in the confines of her ordinary life and is fighting against a deep sense of despair that has overtaken her life with her husband and young son. On this June day, she seeks out an escape - one that might be final...

Winner - 2 Golden Globe Awards:
Best Performance by An Actress In A Motion Picture (Drama) - Nicole Kidman
Best Motion Picture - (Drama)

Awards :
Los Angeles Film Critics Associaton Awards (2002)
Best Actress - Julianne Moore

National Board of Review
Best Picture