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Belle

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• Drama
• Documentary

• 2013
• Amma Asante
• 99 mins
• 12A

Summary

Period drama starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate black daughter of a British serviceman who is raised by her aristocrat British uncle. But will the colour of Belle's skin prevent her from ever being fully accepted?

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Damon Wise

It's hard to imagine the true story of Britain's first Black aristocrat being told more elegantly than in this warm and often very funny period piece, which brings a subtle political gravitas to its central fairy-tale romance. The title character, Dido Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), is the illegitimate child of an enslaved woman and a nobleman, and is fetched from the slums of Bristol docks by her father in the film's opening moments. He recognises Dido as his heir, and she is taken to live with her great uncle, Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson), at London's Kenwood House, where she is introduced to a life of luxury. When she comes of age, however, Dido is alerted to the injustices of the world by her guardian's apprentice, the serious but charismatic law student John Davinier (Sam Reid). The horror of slavery is addressed, as are many other issues, but Belle does so from a place of hope and love, expanding the Georgian world of Jane Austen while delivering all the wit and spectacle of top-flight costume drama.

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameDido Elizabeth BelleGugu Mbatha-RawLord MansfieldTom WilkinsonJohn DavinierSam ReidLady Elizabeth MurraySarah GadonLady Mary MurrayPenelope WiltonLady AshfordMiranda RichardsonJames AshfordTom FeltonCaptain Sir John LindsayMatthew GoodeLady MansfieldEmily WatsonLord AshfordAlex Jennings

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rolenameDirectorAmma Asante

Details

Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox

Released on

2014-06-13

Languages

English | Latin | French

Guidance

Some violence.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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