Miss Julie

– A footman seduces a count's daughter. Adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 43 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Miss Julie (1999)

A footman seduces a count's daughter. Adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA, UK
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Genre:

Miss Julie (1999) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Sep 2000

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Mike Figgis

Writer:

Helen Cooper (screenplay), August Strindberg (play)

Main Actors:

Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tam Dean Burn

Plot:

Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex strictures of class bind a man and a woman. Miss Julie, the inexperienced but imperious daughter of the manor, deigns to dance at the servant's 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 bearing 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.

Awards:

3 nominations.

Production:

United Artists Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
39%
Metacritic:
46%