Miss Julie (1999 film)
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Miss Julie | |
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Directed by | Mike Figgis |
Screenplay by | Helen Cooper |
Based on | Miss Julie by August Strindberg |
Produced by | Harriet Cruickshank Mike Figgis |
Starring | Saffron Burrows Peter Mullan |
Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme |
Edited by | Matthew Wood |
Music by | Mike Figgis |
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Distributed by | MGM Distribution Co. (with Optimum Releasing[1] in the United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Miss Julie is a 1999 film directed by Mike Figgis based on the 1888 play of the same name by August Strindberg, starring Saffron Burrows in the role of Miss Julie and Peter Mullan in the role of Jean.
Plot
[edit]Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex structures of class bind a man and a woman. Miss Julie, the inexperienced but imperious daughter of the manor, deigns to dance at the servants' party. She's also drawn to Jean, a footman who has traveled, speaks well, and doesn't kowtow. He is engaged to Christine, a servant, and while she sleeps, Jean and Miss Julie talk through the night in the kitchen. For part of the night it's a power struggle, for part it's the baring of souls, and by dawn, they want to break the chains of class and leave Sweden together. When Christine wakes and goes off to church, Jean and Miss Julie have their own decisions to make.
Cast
[edit]- Saffron Burrows as Miss Julie
- Peter Mullan as Jean
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Christine
- Tam Dean Burn as servant
- Heathcote Williams as servant
- Joanna Page as servant
References
[edit]- ^ Dawtrey, Adam (12 April 2000). "MGM, U.K.'s Optimum ink distrib deal". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Miss Julie at IMDb
- 1999 films
- Films based on works by August Strindberg
- Films shot at Elstree Film Studios
- British drama films
- British films based on plays
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Mike Figgis
- 1999 drama films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- United Artists films
- Works based on Miss Julie
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s British films
- English-language drama films
- 1990s drama film stubs