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Beloved (1998)

172 min · Drama, drama film, period drama film

Popularity5/5
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16k02025-09: 10,347 views2025-10: 12,184 views2025-11: 11,106 views2025-12: 10,171 views2026-01: 12,379 views2026-02: 11,777 views2026-03: 14,295 views2026-04: 11,428 views2026-05: 16,288 views2026-06: 10,266 views2026-07: 12,620 views2026-08: 12,630 views
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Directors

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandiwe Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beah Richards, Albert Hall, Irma P. Hall, Carol Jean Lewis, Jason Robards, Wes Bentley

The story

Sethe is a former slave living on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio shortly after the Civil War. An angry poltergeist residing in the family home terrorizes her and her three children, causing two of them to run away forever. Eight years later, Sethe lives alone with her daughter, Denver.

Catalogue themes and tags

1870s, Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Cincinnati, Coming to Terms With The Past, Farm, Farm Worker, Feral Child, Fremde, Friendship, Peasant, Retrospective, Schuld und Sühne, Sklaverei, Sklavinnen, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zeitgeschichte, Costume drama, Drama

Genres

Drama, drama film, period drama film
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