Belle

Year

2013

Duration

99 minutes

Genres

Drama, Period and Historical

Language

English (English subtitles)

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Synopsis

Dido is the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral in the 18th Century, who is brought as a child to be raised in the aristocratic home of her great-uncle and his wife. Her lineage leaves her an outsider – too high in rank to eat with the servants but too low to eat with the family, and left on the sidelines as her cousin Elizabeth seeks suitors for marriage. When she meets an idealistic young vicar’s son who is caught up in a legal battle over a sunken slave ship, she is drawn to his passion for changing society, and questions her own place within it even more. Jane Austen-style romance and politics blend in this absorbing costume drama.

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Amma Asante

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Brief sexual assault, discrimination theme.

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Cast (in alphabetical order)

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This film is part of the following themes

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Resources To Use With This Film

Belle: Film Guide

Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

Black History Into Film Festival

Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

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Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

Black Star: Identity

Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

Black Star: Persuasive Speech

Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

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Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

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