VIVIEN & THE FLORIST
VIVIEN LEIGH BIOPIC WITH CARLA GUGINO
Nick Sandow's movie VIVIEN & THE FLORIST with Carla Gugino as Vivien Leigh has finished shooting exploring Leigh’s struggle with
bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway
production of John Gielgud’s (David Hyde Pierce) Chekhov adaptation of Ivanov. Leigh
collides with Joseph Penn (Matthew Modine),
a WWII 
veteran and florist who 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. Jack Davenport is Laurence Olivier with Eoin Macken also in the cast.
veteran and florist who 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. Jack Davenport is Laurence Olivier with Eoin Macken also in the cast. 