Liv Ullmann

MISS JULIE

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Status: Completed

Director(s): Liv Ullmann

Main cast: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton

Short synopsis : A country estate in Ireland in the 1880s. Over the course of one midsummer night, Miss Julie explores the brutal, charged power struggle between a young aristocratic woman and her father’s valet.

Long synopsis : A country estate in Ireland in the 1880s. Over the course of one midsummer night, Miss Julie explores the brutal, charged power struggle between a young aristocratic woman and her father’s valet. In an atmosphere of wild revelry and loosened social constraints, Julie and John dance and drink, charm and manipulate each other. She, all hauteur longing for abasement; he, polished but coarse - both united in mutual loathing and attraction. By turns seductive and bullying, savage and tender, their intimacy leads to desperate plans and a vision of a life together... Unsure if the morning brings hope or hopelessness, Julie and John find their escape in a final act as sublime and horrific as anything in Greek tragedy. MISS JULIE depicts a fierce battle between a man and a woman, a struggle for power and dominance enacted through a cruel and compulsive game of seduction and repulsion.

Cast

Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Nora McMenamy

Crew

Producer(s): Oliver Dungey, Teun Hilte, Synnøve Hørsdal, Rita Dagher, Tristan Orpen Lynch, Aoifa O'Sullivan
Director(s): Liv Ullmann
Screenplay: Liv Ullmann, August Strindberg
DP: Mikhail Krichman
Editing: Michal Leszczylowski
Set Design: Caroline Amies

Genre(s): Drama, Historical Drama

Production company: Maipo Films, The Apocalypse Films Company, Senorita Films, Subotica
Production date: 2014
Language: English
Duration: 126 min