Directing 'Miss Julie' with Michelle Williams as lead!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Liv Ullmann
mats_heien — 14 years ago(December 15, 2011 10:36 AM)
In Norway's largest newspaper today they had an interview with 2-times Oscar nominee Liv Ullmann.
It says: Next year she will direct August Strindsberg's play "Miss Julie" with Michelle Williams as lead.
STORY:
Miss Julie (Swedish: Frken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg dealing with class, love, lust, the battle of the sexes, and the interaction among them. Set on midsummer night of 1874 on the estate of a Count in Sweden, the young woman of the title, attempting to escape an existence cramped by social mores and have a little fun, dances at the servants' annual midsummer party, where she is drawn to a senior servant, a footman named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor; here Jean's fiance, a servant named Christine, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk.
The plot is primarily concerned with power in its various forms. Miss Julie has power over Jean because she is upper-class. Jean has power over Miss Julie because he is male and uninhibited by aristocratic values. The count, Miss Julie's father (an unseen character), has power over both of them since he is a nobleman, an employer, and a father.
On this night, behavior between Miss Julie and Jean which was previously a flirtatious contest for power rapidly escalates to a love relationshipor is it just lust?that is fully consummated. Over the course of the play, Miss Julie and Jean battle for control, which swings back and forth between them until Jean convinces her that the only way to escape her predicament is to commit suicide. -
hengedrita — 13 years ago(February 05, 2013 12:53 AM)
Williams dropped out due to exhaustion or something.
Jessica Chastain replaced her. Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton have been confirmed as well
Looks like a powerhouse cast to me
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