Miss Julie

Miss Julie takes place over a single midsummer night in 1890 at an Irish country estate. Julie, the unsettled daughter of an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, drifts away from the household celebrations and turns her attention to John, her father's valet. What begins as flirtation between the two becomes a contest of seduction, power and class resentment, further complicated by Kathleen, the family's cook, who is involved with John. Julie and John circle each other through the night, each trying to gain the upper hand.

The film is directed by Liv Ullmann, who also wrote the screenplay. It is her second feature as director, following Love (1982). Jessica Chastain plays Julie, Colin Farrell plays John, Samantha Morton plays Kathleen and Nora McMenamy appears as Little Miss Julie. The production was a co-production between the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway and France, made on a budget of about 6 million US dollars. It runs 130 minutes.

Audience response has been modest: on IMDb the film holds 5.5 out of 10 from around 6,500 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.6 out of 10 from 158 votes. The critics' rating stands at 5.6 out of 10 from 56 reviews, close to the audience scores.