Beloved
1998
The past has a life of its own.
Directed by Jonathan Demme
User Rating
Intensity
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
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- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Written by
- Toni Morrison, Adam Brooks, Akosua Busia, Richard LaGravenese
- Produced by
- Edward Saxon, Gary Goetzman, Jonathan Demme
- Composer
- Rachel Portman
- Cinematographer
- Tak Fujimoto
- Editors
- Andy Keir, Carol Littleton
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 52m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 5.8/10 (112 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 72% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 57/100
- IMDb
- 6.0/10 (9,677 votes)
Cast
Oprah Winfrey
Sethe
Danny Glover
Paul D
Kimberly Elise
Denver
Thandiwe Newton
Beloved
LisaGay Hamilton
Younger Sethe
Beah Richards
Baby Suggs
Albert Hall
Stamp Paid
Irma P. Hall
Ella
Carol Jean Lewis
Janey Wagon
Kessia Embry
Amy Denver
Jude Ciccolella
Schoolteacher
Anthony Chisholm
Langhorne
Dorothy Love Coates
M. Lucille Williams
Jane White
Lady Jones
Yada Beener
Denver aged 9
Emil Pinnock
Howard aged 14
Calen Johnson
Buglar aged 13
George E. Ray
Reverend Pike
Crew
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