Mademoiselle Julie

07/26/2011

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2hrs 0min

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Drama

,TV Movie

STORY

Mademoiselle Julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve on the estate of a Count. The young woman of the title is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean (Nicolas Bouchaud), who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Mademoiselle Julie's father's manor, where Jean's fiancée, a servant named Christine (Bénédicte Cerutti), cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk. On this night the relationship between Miss Julie and Jean escalates rapidly to feelings of love and is subsequently consummated. Over the course of the play Miss Julie and Jean battle until Jean convinces her that the only way to escape her predicament is to commit suicide.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Juliette Binoche
  • Nicolas Bouchaud
  • Bénédicte Cerruti

    Directors

  • Nicolas Klotz
  • Frédéric Fisbach

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Festival d’Avignon
  • France 2 Cinéma
  • Gildas le Roux Productions
  • La Compagnie des Indes

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES