Summary
An eighteenth-century English woman of mixed race who was raised in privilege by her aristocratic great-uncle and his wife is denied a proper social standing because of her skin color. When she falls in love with a young idealist lawyer who aspires to create positive change, she finds herself caught between two worlds.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Belle, Dido Elizabeth,
-- 1761-1804
-- Drama.
Racially mixed people -- England -- Biography -- Drama. Antislavery movements -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Historical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. |
| Publisher | Beverly Hills, California :2014 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Jones, Damian,
1964- producer. Sagay, Misan, screenwriter. Asante, Amma, 1969- director. Mbatha-Raw, Gugu, 1983- actor. Wilkinson, Tom, 1948- actor. Reid, Sam, 1987- actor. Gadon, Sarah, 1987- actor. Richardson, Miranda, actor. Wilton, Penelope, 1946- actor. Felton, Tom, 1987- actor. Norton, James, actor. Goode, Matthew, 1978- actor. Watson, Emily, 1967- actor. Portman, Rachel, composer. Fox Searchlight Pictures, production company. Isle of Man Film Limited, production company. Pinewood Studios, production company. British Film Institute, production company. Head Gear Films, production company. Metrol Technology (Firm), production company. DJ Films, production company. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher, film distributor. |
| Participants/Performers |
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson. |
| Other Contributors |
Editors, Pia di Ciaula, Victoria Boydell ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Anushia Nieradzik ; production designer, Simon Bowles ; director of photography, Ben Smithard. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: PG; for thematic elements, some language and brief smoking images. |
| Language |
English French Spanish In English, Spanish, and French with optional subtitles in Spanish; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); closed-captioned; with English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. |
| System Details |
DVD; dual layer; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |