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Belle (v.f.) / Fox Searchlight Pictures, Isle of Man Film and Pinewood Pictures and BFI present ; in association with Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology ; a DJ Films production ; an Amma Asante film ; produced by Damian Jones ; written by Misan Sagay ; directed by Amma Asante.

Summary:

Although Dido Elizabeth Belle, an eighteenth-century English woman of mixed race, is raised in privilege by her aristocratic great-uncle and his wife, she is denied a proper social standing because of her skin color. But when Dido falls in love with a young idealist lawyer who aspires to create positive change, she finds herself caught between two worlds.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (105 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, 2014.
  • Distributor: Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, 2014.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music by Rachel Portman.
Participant or Performer Note:
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Sam Reid.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA Rating: PG; for thematic elements, some language and brief smoking images.
CHV rating: PG.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
English language version also available.
System Details Note:
Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Language Note:
Soundtrack dubbed in French, optional French subtitles.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed May 20, 2015).
Subject: Belle, Dido Elizabeth, 1761-1804 > Drama.
Racially mixed people > England > Biography > Drama.
Antislavery movements > England > History > 18th century > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Historical films.
Streaming video.


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