Have you seen Belle yet? Based on another great true story. So beautifully executed.
Fox Searchlight's Belle opened May 2, 2014 with limited release in Los Angeles and New York City. The 4 theaters brought in $26, 645 per screen for an excellent total of $106,578 through Sunday, May 4.
The movie, starring actress Gugu MBatha-Raw (Undercovers, Blackbird), will open in other cities across the country over the next several weeks. For Columbia, SC residents, you can screen the movie on Friday, May 23 and Thursday, May 29 at The Nickelodeon on Main Street.
Synopsis
Dido Belle, the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy officer, is brought to England by her father and left in the care of his uncle, Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice, at his estate of Kenwood House. Though the social mores of the time make her an outsider, Dido is raised by Mansfield as an aristocrat alongside her cousin Elizabeth. Dido’s burgeoning relationship with a young lawyer, John Davinier, meets with the disapproval of Mansfield who considers the match beneath her. At the same time Mansfield is deliberating on a slavery case that will advance the cause of the Abolitionists.
Directed by Amma Asante
Twitter: @AmmaAsante
Have you seen the film Belle? What do you think of another period movie?
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