Miss Julie

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Liv Ullmann directs. Mikhail Krichman behind the camera. Michał Leszczyłowski cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Earned back only 91% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
• 2Released 12 years ago.
• 3International production across 4 countries: France, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom.
• 4Directed by Liv Ullmann, shot by Mikhail Krichman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Editor Michał Leszczyłowski shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "Love is a foolish game".
• 8IMDB entry: tt2667960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Classified under 16 themes, including "love triangle", "based on play or musical", "love", "valet".

The technical file

Cinematography

Mikhail Krichman

Editing

Michał Leszczyłowski

Production design

Caroline Amies

Costume design

Consolata Boyle

Makeup / hair

Liz Boston

Sound

Michelle Cunniffe

Runtime

130 min · 2h 10m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$5,500,000

Box office

$5,000,000

Return

91% of budget

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Miss Julie (2014) ↗

Also by

Liv Ullmann

• 
  Faithless

  2000 · ★ 6.6
• 
  Lumière & Company

  1995 · ★ 6.4
• 
  Private Confessions

  1996 · ★ 6.1
• 
  Love

  1982 · ★ 4.9
• 
  Kristin Lavransdatter

  1995 · ★ 4.8
• 
  Sofie

  1992 · ★ 4.8

Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  MISS JULIE 2014 Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Maipo Film

  NO

• TH

  The Apocalypse Films

  GB

• SE

  Senorita Films

  FR

• 

  Subotica

  IE

Key crew

• ProducerTeun Hilte
• ProducerSynnøve Hørsdal
• EditorMichał Leszczyłowski
• ProducerOliver Dungey
• Steadicam OperatorBob Gilles
• Co-ProducerTristan Lynch
• Co-ProducerAoife O'Sullivan
• Co-ProducerRita Dagher
• Executive ProducerJulia Balaeskoul Nusseibeh
• Executive ProducerAaron L. Gilbert
• Executive ProducerJohn Raymonds
• Executive ProducerChristian Baumard
• Executive ProducerAlain Kappauf
• Co-Executive ProducerMargot Hand
• Co-Executive ProducerPatrick Murray
• Production Sound MixerRonan Hill
• ContinuityMadeleine Fant
• Line ProducerNina B. Andersson Figenschow
• Production ManagerAmanda Black
• First Assistant DirectorPeter Bækkel
• Boom OperatorSimon Kerr
• Supervising Art DirectorPaul Kirby
• Post Production SupervisorClaire McGrane
• Supervising Sound EditorStefan Henrix

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• love triangle
• based on play or musical
• love
• valet
• midsummer
• class distinction
• woman director
• upstairs downstairs
• 19th century
• miss julie
• class system
• british class system
• daughter of the boss
• strindberg
• attempted seduction
• 1890s

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2014-10-09PG-13

Also known as

International titles

• 미스 줄리KR
• Fröken JulieSE
• SCAN'14: Freken JulijaLT
• Mademoiselle JulieFR