Beloved is a 1998 film based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name. It was directed by Jonathan Demme, and was produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions. The film stars Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. The story, set shortly after the Civil War, revolves around Sethe, a former slave living on the outskirts of Cincinnati. When the film begins, an angry poltergeist terrorizes Sethe and her three children. After Sethe temporarily soothes the angry spirit, her two sons run away forever. Ten years later, Sethe , lives alone with her daughter Denver . Paul D , an old friend from Sweet... Home, the plantation Sethe had escaped from years earlier, finds Sethe's home. She invites him into the house where he drives off the angry spirit. Afterwards, Paul D. then proposes that he should stay and Sethe responds favorably. Shortly after Paul D. moves in, a clean young woman stumbles into Sethe's yard. Sethe and Denver take an immediate liking to the stranger, who spells her name out as – Beloved. Denver is happy to have Beloved around and spends many hours playing and talking with her.
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| Release date: | October 16, 1998 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Demme |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 172 Minutes |
| Producer: | Oprah Winfrey, Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman, Edward Saxon, Kate Forte |
| Editor: | Carol Littleton, Andy Keir |
| Music by: | Rachel Portman |
| Cinematography: | Tak Fujimoto |
| Screenplay by: | Richard LaGravenese, Akosua Busia, Adam Brooks |
| Estimated budget: | $80,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Beloved |