The Beguiled unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has been sheltered from the outside world— until the day a wounded Union soldier is discovered nearby and taken in. starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning.
I love engaging with whatever Sofia Coppola puts onscreen. For the first time I'm not immediately in love with a Sofia Coppola film (missed the Bling Ring), but still very good.
I did not really like this. I guess it's perfectly fine but it's stripped of everything that makes Siegel's film so great.
Mind that I've never seen the original but I adored this. I'm especially interesting in how being chaste out of religiosity alters behaviour so this was thematically very much in my wheelhouse, but beautifully shot. A joy to look at.