Belle
- director: Amma Asante
- actor: Emily Watson Gugu Mbatha-Raw James Norton Matthew Goode Miranda Richardson Penelope Wilton Sam Reid Sarah Gadon Tom Felton Tom Wilkinson
- writer: Misan Sagay
Synopsis:
Gugu Mbatha-Raw takes the title role alongside Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson and Canada’s Sarah Gadon in the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate, bi-racial daughter of a Royal Navy admiral in 18th-century Britain.
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