
Flicks, Adam Fresco
In a tale of 18th-century aristocratic English society so unlikely it could only be true, Belle, the illegitimate daughter of an English Naval officer and an African mother, is shipped to England to live with her father’s uncle, Lord Mansfield. Belle’s dark skin precludes her dining alongside her aristocratic kin, but that doesn’t stop her circulating after meals, generating shock and amusement as guests realise Lord and Lady Mansfield (delightfully played by Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson), have a “mulatto” in their midst.
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