Product Information
Set in 18th century England and based on a real story, Amma Asante's BELLE stars relative Gugu Mbatha-Raw as the title character - full name, Dido Elizabeth Belle. She is the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of British Admiral Sir John Lindsay and a black woman he had an affair with while serving overseas. Lindsay brings her to his uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) who along with his wife Lady Mansfield (mily Watson) are already raising Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon), another niece the same age as Dido. Though Lady Mansfield fears scandal having a dark-skinned child as part of the home, Dido's father reminds them that his daughter does have the right to live there because of her lineage, and Lord Mansfield, a Lord Chief Justice of Britain, agrees. Belle and Elizabeth quickly become best friends, and when they come of age each begins courting suitors. Elizabeth is pursued by James Ashford (Tom Felton), a smarmy and racist manipulator who wants to marry her in order to please his equally conniving mother (Miranda Richardson) by increasing his own family's wealth and standing, while Dido proves alluring to James' brother Oliver (James Norton). However Dido's deepest affections are for John Davinier (Sam Reid), an idealistic young lawyer who is trying to sway Lord Mansfield on a crucial case before the high court that will have profound implications for Britain's slave trade.Product Identifiers
UPC0024543928102
eBay Product ID (ePID)197350302
Product Key Features
ActorEmily Watson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sarah Gadon, Tom Wilkinson, Matthew Goode
EditionIncludes Digital Copy
RatingG
DirectorAmma Asante, Albert Sharpe
FormatBlu-ray Disc
Release Year2014
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Display FormatIncludes Digital Copy
Signal StandardBlu-ray Disc
Leading RoleEmily Watson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sarah Gadon, Tom Wilkinson, Matthew Goode
Film CountryUnited Kingdom