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Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning look at the physical and emotional aftermath of slavery is movingly filmed by director Jonathan Demme. In 1870s Ohio, ex-slave Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) struggles to provide for herself and her daughter (Kimberly Elise). Their haunted--in every sense of the word--homelife is changed by the arrival of a fellow former slave (Danny Glover) and the mysterious young woman known as Beloved who’s linked to Sethe’s past.(Thandie Newton). 172 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo; "making of" featurette; theatrical trailer.