Miss Julie (film)
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- | * In 1999, [[Mike Figgis]] made a film version, ''[[Miss Julie (film)|Miss Julie]]'', from a screenplay by Helen Cooper. [[Saffron Burrows]] played Julie and [[Peter Mullan]] played Jean. | + | '''''Miss Julie''''' is a [[film]] based on the [[Miss Julie|play of the same name]] by [[August Strindberg]]. It has been made into a film three times. |
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+ | * The first, [[Fröken Julie]] by the Swedish director, [[Alf Sjoberg]] in 1951. | ||
+ | * Another version was produced in 1971 by [[Tigon British Film Productions]]. It starred [[Helen Mirren]] as Miss Julie. | ||
+ | * A version was directed by [[Mike Figgis]] with [[Saffron Burrows]] in the role of Miss Julie and [[Peter Mullan]] in the role of Jean in 1999. | ||
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+ | ==Plot== | ||
+ | Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex strictures of class bind a man and a woman. Miss Julie, the inexperienced but imperious daughter of the manor, deigns to dance at the servant's party. She's also drawn to Jean, a footman who has traveled, speaks well, and doesn't kowtow. He is engaged to Christine, a servant, and while she sleeps, Jean and Miss Julie talk through the night in the kitchen. For part of the night it's a power struggle, for part it's the bearing of souls, and by dawn, they want to break the chains of class and leave Sweden together. When Christine wakes and goes off to church, Jean and Miss Julie have their own decisions to make. | ||
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Miss Julie is a film based on the play of the same name by August Strindberg. It has been made into a film three times.
- The first, Fröken Julie by the Swedish director, Alf Sjoberg in 1951.
- Another version was produced in 1971 by Tigon British Film Productions. It starred Helen Mirren as Miss Julie.
- A version was directed by Mike Figgis with Saffron Burrows in the role of Miss Julie and Peter Mullan in the role of Jean in 1999.
Plot
Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex strictures of class bind a man and a woman. Miss Julie, the inexperienced but imperious daughter of the manor, deigns to dance at the servant's party. She's also drawn to Jean, a footman who has traveled, speaks well, and doesn't kowtow. He is engaged to Christine, a servant, and while she sleeps, Jean and Miss Julie talk through the night in the kitchen. For part of the night it's a power struggle, for part it's the bearing of souls, and by dawn, they want to break the chains of class and leave Sweden together. When Christine wakes and goes off to church, Jean and Miss Julie have their own decisions to make.