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The Beguiled
The Beguiled | 93mins |
Yes, we know this played at the multi-plex, but we've got a broken week so needed something. And yes, we know it was originally a Clint Eastwood movie. Cpl. John McBurney is an injured soldier who has deserted his regiment during the Civil War. This would be less of a problem if he weren't a Union soldier behind enemy lines. He finds refuge at an all-female Southern boarding school where the few teachers and students still remaining seem more than willing to help - so long as no one finds out they're harboring an enemy soldier. Swayed by the handsome soldier, sexual tensions lead to dangerous rivalries as the women tend to his wounded leg while offering him comfort and companionship. It soon becomes evident that his main goal is to avoid the battlefield, and he is willing to manipulate, seduce, or even kill the women looking after him to do it.
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