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Belle : is a 2014 British drama film directed by Amma Asante, written by Misan Sagay, and produced by Damian Jones.It stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson,Penelope Wilton,Sam Reid,Matthew Goode,Emily Watson,Sarah Gadon,Tom Felton,and James Norton.The film is inspired by the 1779 painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle beside her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray at Kenwood House, which was commissioned by their great-uncle, William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, then Lord Chief Justice of England. Very little is known about the life of Dido Belle.
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Directed by : Amma Asante
Produced by : Damian Jones
Written by : Misan Sagay
Starring : Gugu Mbatha-Raw.Tom Wilkinson,Miranda Richardson,Penelope Wilton,Sam Reid
Matthew Goode,Emily Watson
Music by : Rachel Portman,Cinematography,Ben Smithard
Edited by : Pia Di Ciaula,Victoria Boydell
Production companies : DJ Films,Isle of Man Film,Pinewood Pictures,BFI
Distributed by : Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates : 8 September 2013 (TIFF),2 May 2014 (United States),13 June 2014 (United Kingdom)
Running time : 104 minutes
Country : United Kingdom
Language : English
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Belle : Dido Belle, the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy officer, lives in poverty with her mother in England. After the death of her mother,Dido's father takes her to the family estate,placing her in the care of his uncle,Lord Mansfield,the Lord Chief Justice and his wife,who live at Kenwood House estate in London. Though the social mores of the time make Dido an outsider,she is educated and raised in the Mansfield house as an aristocrat alongside her cousin Elizabeth.Dido's burgeoning relationship with a young vicar's son, John Davinier,meets with the disapproval of Mansfield, who considers the match beneath her. At the same time Mansfield is deliberating on a slavery case for which his ruling will advance the cause of the abolitionists.Very little is known about the life of Dido Belle, who was born in the West Indies and was the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of Mansfield's nephew. She is found living in poverty by her father and entrusted to the care of Mansfield and his wife. which was commissioned by their great-uncle, William Murray.