Dido Elizabeth Belle (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dido Elizabeth Belle |
| Original title | Belle |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Amma Asante |
| script | Misan Sagay |
| production | Damian Jones |
| music | Rachel Portman |
| camera | Ben Smithard |
| cut |
Pia Di Ciaula , Victoria Boydell |
| occupation | |
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Dido Elizabeth Belle (Original title: Belle , cross-reference: Belle - The Niece of the Lord ) is a British drama directed by Amma Asante from 2013. The screenplay is from Misan Sagay . It stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw , Tom Wilkinson , Miranda Richardson, and Emily Watson .
The historical drama , which was inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle , is distributed by 20th Century Fox and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2013. The film was released on August 14, 2014 in Germany.
action
Dido Elizabeth Belle grows up as the illegitimate daughter of an admiral of the Royal British Navy and an African slave with her great-uncle, the aristocrat Lord Mansfield , and his wife in England. Thanks to her parentage, she enjoys certain privileges - such as a good education. Because of the color of her skin and the prevailing customs, she is not allowed to participate in the social life of her family. One day the young woman falls in love with the son of a vicar. The young man is an idealist and a staunch opponent of slavery. With Belle's help, he convinces Lord Mansfield, the country's chief judge, to condemn particularly cruel excesses of slavery in 18th-century England, such as the Zong massacre . In the credits of the film it is mentioned that this was a first step towards the abolition of slavery in England.
reception
The film-dienst ruled that the film was an “impressive costume film about the emancipation of a woman”, which was also given political significance due to “the court process that heralded the end of the slave trade in Great Britain”. The film website kino.de described Dido Elizabeth Belle as “a kind of sister film to Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave ”. The quality of the film lies “in the fact that the director understands how to examine problem areas such as racism, colonialism and male supremacy with a light hand, without wagging a forefinger, and also to address time-related political issues”. The “carefully worked out script by Misan Sagay ” and “the show values, from the production design to the costumes to the stately villas” were praised . Cameraman Ben Smithard delivers "rather dark, well-composed and carefully framed pictures, the dialogues are polished, often subtle and elegant". The film magazine Cinema compared the film to the Jane Austen films in view of the "magnificent scenery and romantic intricacies" . The film is "a well-tempered educational cinema that hardly heats the mind".
Web links
- Dido Elizabeth Belle in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Dido Elizabeth Belle atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Dido Elizabeth Belle in the online movie database
- Film distribution website
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release to Dido Elizabeth Belle . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2014 (PDF; test number: 144 935 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Dido Elizabeth Belle . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ a b Dido Elizabeth Belle. film service , accessed September 24, 2014 .
- ↑ cast list . Internet Movie Database . Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Toronto film festival 2013: the full line-up . In: The Guardian , July 23, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ↑ Belle . In: TIFF . Archived from the original on August 16, 2013. Retrieved on August 7, 2013.
- ^ Company credits . Internet Movie Database . Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ go: Dido Elizabeth Belle. Busch Entertainment Media (kino.de), accessed on September 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Dido Elizabeth Belle. Cinema , accessed September 24, 2014 .