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The Beguiled (Original title)
Date: 2017 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Sofia Coppola

Synopsis: During the American Civil War a wounded Union soldier takes shelter at a boarding school for girls in Virginia. As he recovers from his wounds he attracts the attention of several of the women, generating a tense atmosphere in which nobody's intentions are clear.

Genre:
Thriller

Subjects:
American Civil War (1861-1865), Boarding schools, Wounded and injured people
Releases
Date: 2017Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures International UK & Eire

Credits (73)
©: Focus Features LLC, An American Zoetrope production: American Zoetrope, This production participated in the: New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development's Post Production Credit Program, Presents: Focus Features, Executive Producer: Roman Coppola, Executive Producer: Anne Ross, Executive Producer: Fred Roos, Executive Producer: Robert Ortiz, Produced by: Youree Henley, Produced by: Sofia Coppola, Unit Production Manager: Robert Ortiz, Production Co-ordinator: Bernadette J. Gonzales, Production Accountant: Amy Agzarian, Location Manager: Batou Chandler, Post-production Supervisor: Jeff Robinson, 1st Assistant Director: Paul B. Uddo, 2nd Assistant Director: Steve Lonano, Assistant to Ms. Coppola: Christina Gan, Script Supervisor: Sasha Vitelli, Casting by: Courtney Bright, Nicole Daniels, Local Casting: Meagan Lewis, Extras Casting Co-ordinator: Brent Caballero, Based on the novel by Thomas Cullinan and the screenplay by: Albert Maltz, Irene Kamp, Based on the novel by: Thomas Cullinan, Director of Photography: Philippe Le Sourd, B Camera Operator: Ian Lynch, 1st Assistant A Camera: Hector Rodriguez, Gaffer: Bob Bates, Key Grip: Nick Leon, Still Photographer: Ben Rothstein, Visual Effects Supervisor: Joseph J. Oberle, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Mattie Harris, Film Editor: Sarah Flack, Production Designer: Anne Ross, Art Director: Jennifer Dehghan, Set Designer: Dave Kelsey, Set Decorator: Amy Silver, Property Master: Michael Martin, Construction Co-ordinator: Chuck Stringer, Costume Designer: Stacey Battat, Costume Supervisor: Jen Wasson, Make-up Department Head: Stacy Kelly, Key Make-up Artist: Kimberly Amacker, Hair Design: Odile Gilbert, Hair Department Head: Shandra Page, Tony Ward, Title Design: Peter Miles, Film Processing by: FotoKem, Colourist: Damien Van der Cruyssen, Muisc by Phoenix based on Monteverdi’s Magnificat: Phoenix, Score Music Arranged by: Laura Karpman, Sound Designer: Richard Beggs, Production Sound Mixer: Paul Ledford, Boom Operator: Rachel Grissom, Re-recording Mixer: Richard Beggs, Re-recording Mixer: Roy Waldspurger, Supervising Sound Editor: Richard Beggs, Co-supervising Sound Editor: Roy Waldspurger, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jeff Galpin, McBurney Stunt Double: Lloyd Pitts, Etiquette Instructor: Betty Rabe, Historical Consultant: Timothy Pickles, Dialect Coach: Elizabeth Himelstein, Unit Publicist: Diane Slattery, Transportation Captain: Daryle Bartney, Transportation Co-ordinator: Welch Lambeth, Digital Intermediate Services provided by: Technicolor PostWorks, Thanks: Francis Coppola, Thanks: Eleanor Coppola, Thanks: Steven Soderbergh
Cast (11)
Colin Farrell (Corporal John McBurney), Nicole Kidman (Miss Martha Farnsworth), Kirsten Dunst (Edwina Dabney), Elle Fanning (Alicia), Oona Laurence (Amy), Angourie Rice (Jane), Addison Riecke (Marie), Emma Howard (Emily), Wayne Péré (captain), Matt Story (Confederate soldier), Joel Albin (cavalry man)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Sofia Coppola: the politics of visual pleasure
Author: Rogers, Anna Backman  Pages: x, 177 pages

Title: Revisioning war trauma in cinema: uncoming communities
Author: Datema, Jessica  Pages: vii, 137 pages