The Beguiled

“Innocent, until betrayed.”

5.9

2017

1h 33m

Drama

Director: Sofia Coppola

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.

Trailer

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Cast

Corporal McBurney

Colin Farrell

Corporal McBurney

Miss Martha

Nicole Kidman

Miss Martha

Edwina

Kirsten Dunst

Edwina

Alicia

Elle Fanning

Alicia

Amy

Oona Laurence

Amy

Jane

Angourie Rice

Jane

Marie

Addison Riecke

Marie

Emily

Emma Howard

Emily

Captain

Wayne Pére

Captain

Confederate Soldier

Matt Story

Confederate Soldier

Cavalry Man

Joel Albin

Cavalry Man

Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Eric Ian

Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Reviews

Reno

**The lust and the destruction!** I neither read the book, nor seen the original film. It was a small slice of the American civil war. But did not focused on the actual war. A fictional drama that followed an injured soldier who sheltered in a girls school was looked after well by the stayed back teachers and students. While he was recovering, fallen in love with one of the women. But everybody else too had a little crush on him since he's the one man around. That causes a bump, following a twist in the tale, all comes to halt. A simple and nice drama. Best picks for the roles. But Kristen Dunst did not sync-in with the rest of the girls. Nice clothings too, a perfect recreation of the mid 19th century. I enjoyed it, good for watching at once, but I bet those who watched both the version would go for the old one. Especially for Clint Eastwood. Though Colin Ferrell was not bad in this. Not the best film from Sofia Coppola compared with her others, definitely not worst either. **7/10**

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Gimly

A well acted Civil War drama, but one that perhaps would have played better on the stage of a theatre than the screen of a cinema. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

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