Belle /
Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Isle of Man Film and Pinewood Pictures ; BFI ; in association with Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology ; directed by Amma Asante ; written by Misan Sagay ; produced by Damian Jones ; a DJ Films production.
- 1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Although Dido Elizabeth Belle, an eighteenth-century English woman of mixed race, is raised in privilege by her aristocratic great-uncle and his wife, she is denied a proper social standing because of her skin color. But when Dido falls in love with a young idealist lawyer who aspires to create positive change, she finds herself caught between two worlds. .
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Special features: Belle: the story; The history behind the painting; Gallery.
Director of photography, Ben Smithard ; editors, Pia Di Ciaula, Victoria Boydell ; music, Rachel Portman. Director of photography, Ben Smithard ; editors, Pia Di Ciaula, Victoria Boydell ; music, Rachel Portman.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson.
12 years and up.
DVD; PAL; Region 2; 16:9 letterbox 2.40:1; Dolby Digital 5.1.
In English, with optional English subtitles and English audio description.