Miss Julie (1999 film)

Miss Julie is a 1999 film directed by Mike Figgis based on the 1888 play of the same name by August Strindberg, starring Saffron Burrows in the role of Miss Julie and Peter Mullan in the role of Jean.

Miss Julie
Directed byMike Figgis
Written byScreenplay:
Helen Cooper
Play:
August Strindberg
Produced byHarriet Cruickshank
Mike Figgis
StarringSaffron Burrows
Peter Mullan
CinematographyBenoît Delhomme
Edited byMatthew Wood
Music byMike Figgis
Production
company
Distributed byMGM Distribution Co. (with Optimum Releasing[1] in the United Kingdom)
Release date
  • 10 December 1999 (1999-12-10)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex structures of class bind a man and a woman. Miss Julie, the inexperienced but imperious daughter of the manor, deigns to dance at the servants' 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 baring 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.

Cast

References
  1. Dawtrey, Adam (12 April 2000). "MGM, U.K.'s Optimum ink distrib deal". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2023.


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