Beloved poster
Screenplay Akosua Busia, Richard LaGravenese, Adam Brooks
Director Jonathan Demme

Beloved

Tagline: The past has a life of its own.

Release Date: 1998-10-16

Duration: 172 minutes

Synopsis

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...

Casting

  • Thandiwe Newton
    Beloved
  • Wes Bentley
    Schoolteacher's Nephew
  • Danny Glover
    Paul D
  • Jason Robards
    Mr. Bodwin
  • Oprah Winfrey
    Sethe
  • Kimberly Elise
    Denver
  • Tracey Walter
    Slave Catcher
  • Charles Napier
    Angry Carny (uncredited)
  • Jude Ciccolella
    Schoolteacher
  • Harold Gould
    Barber Shop Man #4 (uncredited)