The Beguiled

About The Beguiled

During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

The Beguiled (2017) is a drama film directed by Sofia Coppola. The film is filed under american civil war, girls' school, virginia, and sexual tension.

Colin Farrell takes the lead as Corporal McBurney, Nicole Kidman as Miss Martha, Kirsten Dunst as Edwina, and Elle Fanning as Alicia. It runs 93 minutes and was released in June 2017.

The screenplay is by Sofia Coppola. Produced by American Zoetrope. The story is adapted from a novel. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, Netflix, and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Little Women, The Power of the Dog, and The Beguiled make useful companions to The Beguiled, all filed under 19th century and period drama. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 2,273 votes and it carries a R rating.