Belle (2013): My Absolute Favorite Period Piece Movie Ever

Being quarantined for so long is starting to get me down so I had to put on something comforting for the sake of my mental health!

In this episode, I'll be talking about my favorite period piece movie, Belle (2013), directed by Amma Asante and written by Misan Sagay. The film is based on a true story and follows Dido Elizabeth Belle, the mixed-race daughter of a British admiral who fell in love with a freed slave woman. Her mother dies before Dido's father can marry her so he brings Dido to his family's estate to protect her. She grows up loved by her family but hidden away from the rest of the world, unable to know what life outside her mansion is like. Until she meets Mr. Davinier... 

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