Movie
The Beguiled
Overview
During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-06-23
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- American Zoetrope
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Colin Farrell as Corporal McBurney
- Nicole Kidman as Miss Martha
- Kirsten Dunst as Edwina
- Elle Fanning as Alicia
- Oona Laurence as Amy
- Angourie Rice as Jane
- Addison Riecke as Marie
- Emma Howard as Emily
- Wayne Péré as Captain
- Matt Story as Confederate Soldier
- Joel Albin as Cavalry Man
- Eric Ian as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Crew
- Sofia Coppola - Director
- Sofia Coppola - Screenplay
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