Miss Julie Movie Review 1999

Dry adaptation of August Strindberg's 1889 banned-in-Sweden play about the turbulent relationship between an imperious young noblewoman and an ambitious servant. Neurotic Miss Julie (Burrows), restless and bored, strides into the servants' kitchen and begin ordering about her father's footman, Jean (Mullan). Their upstairs/downstairs division deteriorates into a series of psycho/sexual clashes over an evening where mutual loathing, humiliation, and self-destruction are the only means of communication.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

The Help: Male, Sex & Sexuality, Period Piece: 19th Century, Up All Night, Adapted from a Play, Otherwise Engaged

Screenplay

Helen Cooper

Cast

Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Cinematography

Benoit Delhomme

Director

Mike Figgis

Music

Mike Figgis

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures