Why it may be worth watching
- Manderlay combines Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach de Bankolé, Danny Glover.
- Viewers currently rate it 6.9/10 from 418 votes.
Movie
Manderlay
Liberation. Whether they want it or not.
In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.
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Cast
Bryce Dallas HowardGrace Margaret Mulligan
Isaach de BankoléTimothy
Danny GloverWilhelm
Willem DafoeGrace's Father
Michaël AbiteboulThomas
Lauren BacallMam
Jean-Marc BarrMr. Robinsson
Geoffrey BatemanBertie
Virgile BramlyEdward
Ruben BrinkmanBingo
Doña CrollVenus
Jeremy DaviesNiels
Llewella GideonVictoria
Viewing guide
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Drama.
Content notes
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Themes and topics
southern usaslaveryplantationsequelcontractraceduringcreditsstingeremancipation
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Andres GomezExternal review ·
Interesting social / psychological experiment following the trail of Dogville but not as round and imaginative as the previous one.
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