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6.3
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7.4

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Critic A.A. Dowd
rated 7

It’s a nice place to visit, but we can see in the yearning glances of the women—forgotten behind the gates of their near-deserted manor—that living there would be another matter entirely.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
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Critic Damon Wise
rated 8

Eastwood has rarely played such an ambiguous loner, before or since, nothing about this man is reliable as he works his subtle games on this love-struck female world, run with icy restraint by the great Geraldine Page.

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Cast & Crew

Sofia Coppola
Director
Nicole Kidman
As Miss Martha
Kirsten Dunst
As Edwina
Colin Farrell
As Corporal McBurney
Elle Fanning
As Alicia
Wayne Pére
As Captain
Angourie Rice
As Jane

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The Beguiled (2017) is a drama film directed by Sofia Coppola, based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Cullinan. The film takes place during the American Civil War and follows the story of a group of women who take in a wounded Union soldier, John McBurney, at their Southern girls' boarding school. As they provide refuge and care for McBurney, sexual tensions and rivalries emerge among the women, leading to a web of seduction, jealousy, and violence. The film features an all-star cast including Nicole Kidman as Martha Farnsworth, Colin Farrell as John McBurney, Kirsten Dunst as Edwina Morrow, and Elle Fanning as Amy. It premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was released in June 2017 to critical acclaim. The film's themes include femininity, desire, power dynamics, and the blurring of lines between reality and fantasy.

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The Beguiled was released in theaters on June 23, 2017.