Miss Julie (2014)
Country: NOR/GB/CAN/US/FR/EIRE
Technical: col 129m
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
Synopsis:
On Midsummer's eve in the 1890s, the heiress to an Irish estate toys with the manservant who furtively adored her as a boy, and the stage is set for a bipartite seduction that can only work in her disfavour.
Review:
Highly effective transplantation of a Scandinavian theatrical classic, with the principals entirely inhabiting their roles and the unfolding psychological drama offering plentiful material to hold the cinematic interest in spite of the enclosed set. Ullmann uses an array of Schubertian chamber pieces to set the appropriate tone of loss, and Chastain is never less than gripping.
Country: NOR/GB/CAN/US/FR/EIRE
Technical: col 129m
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
Synopsis:
On Midsummer's eve in the 1890s, the heiress to an Irish estate toys with the manservant who furtively adored her as a boy, and the stage is set for a bipartite seduction that can only work in her disfavour.
Review:
Highly effective transplantation of a Scandinavian theatrical classic, with the principals entirely inhabiting their roles and the unfolding psychological drama offering plentiful material to hold the cinematic interest in spite of the enclosed set. Ullmann uses an array of Schubertian chamber pieces to set the appropriate tone of loss, and Chastain is never less than gripping.
Country: NOR/GB/CAN/US/FR/EIRE
Technical: col 129m
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
Synopsis:
On Midsummer's eve in the 1890s, the heiress to an Irish estate toys with the manservant who furtively adored her as a boy, and the stage is set for a bipartite seduction that can only work in her disfavour.
Review:
Highly effective transplantation of a Scandinavian theatrical classic, with the principals entirely inhabiting their roles and the unfolding psychological drama offering plentiful material to hold the cinematic interest in spite of the enclosed set. Ullmann uses an array of Schubertian chamber pieces to set the appropriate tone of loss, and Chastain is never less than gripping.