Miss Julie is a drama film written and directed by Liv Ullmann, based on the play of the same title by August Strindberg and starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.
1890, Ireland. Over the course of a midsummer night, Julie (Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty), the daughter of Anglo-Irish aristocracy, encourages her father's valet John (Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell, In Bruges) to seduce her. Observed by the disapproving maid Kathleen (Academy Award® nominee Samantha Morton, In America), a cruel game of romance plays out as John, a man trapped in his social station, is torn between lust and love. Based on August Strindberg’s acclaimed play and directed by award-winning actor and filmmaker Liv Ullmann, Miss Julie is a playful tale of high-class manipulation and emotional torment in the great romantic tradition of Dangerous Liasons, The Age of Innocence and The Remains of the Day.