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Miss Julie

2014 · 130 min

A claustrophobic, slow-burning descent into psychological warfare, where class and desire collide with devastating cruelty.

Tagline
Love is a foolish game
Overview
Over the course of a midsummer night in 1890s Ireland, the unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Liv Ullmann
Written by
Liv Ullmann
Starring
Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Nora McMenamy
Cinematography
Mikhail Krichman
Runtime
130 min
Country
France, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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