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Belle<\/strong>
\n\"Belle<\/a><\/p>\n

Release Date: May 2, 2104
\nDistributor: Fox Searchlight
\nDirector: Amma Asante
\nScreenwriter: Misan Sagay
\nProducer: Damian Jones
\nExecutive producers: Steve Christian, Julie Goldstein, Steve Norris, Ivan Dunleavy, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Christopher Collins
\nDirector of photography: Ben Smithard
\nProduction designer: Simon Bowles
\nCostume designer: Anushia Nieradzik
\nEditors: Pia Di Ciaula, Victoria Boydell
\nMusic: Rachel Portman
\nCast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson<\/p>\n

The film is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral.<\/p>\n

Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Wilkinson) and his wife (Watson), Belle\u2019s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing.<\/p>\n

Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar\u2019s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield\u2019s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.<\/p>\n

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