Beloved (1998)

Directed by

Jonathan Demme

Genre

drama film, period drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 108 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former slave living in post-Civil War Ohio is haunted by a poltergeist. Then a mysterious young woman arrives who seems to be the ghost of her daughter returned to life.

hauntingsorrowfulgothicghostlyslow-burnvisceraldreamlikeunsettling

What happens

Beloved is a 1998 American Gothic psychological horror drama film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandiwe Newton. Based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name, the plot centers on a former slave after the American Civil War, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter. This was the first film produced by Harpo Films. Beloved received an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design for Colleen Atwood. The film garnered mostly positive reviews, and both Danny Glover and Kimberly Elise received praise for their performances, but was a box office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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