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Film · 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk

Directed by Barry Jenkins · starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James and Regina King

  • 1 h 57 min
  • 15
  • Drama · Crime · Romance
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 7 February 2019
  • 7.4 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.2 Users10 votes
  • 8.5 Critics8 reviews
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Synopsis

Baldwin's novel follows Tish, a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover's innocence while carrying their first born child. It's a celebration of love told through the story of a young couple, their families, and their lives. In author's own words, the film explain how "all black people in America were born in Beale Street", concerning the problems they found because of their skin tone. The film, wrote and directed by Barry Jenkins, is a celebration about incondicional love of a young couple, their family and the dispute that start around them meanwhile they try to follow american dream

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The essentials

Runtime
117 min1 hour and 57 minutes
Budget
$12mAnnapurna Pictures
Box office
£818,825in UK
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is If Beale Street Could Talk?
1 hour and 57 minutes (117 minutes).
When was If Beale Street Could Talk released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 7 February 2019.
Who directed If Beale Street Could Talk?
Barry Jenkins.
Who is in If Beale Street Could Talk?
It stars KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King and Brian Tyree Henry.
Where can I watch If Beale Street Could Talk?
In the UK you can watch it with a channel on Prime Video and on rent on Apple TV.
How much did If Beale Street Could Talk make?
It took £818,825 in UK. It cost $12 million.
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Cast

Full cast (24)
Director
Barry Jenkins
Writers
Barry Jenkins
Producers
Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner

Videos and trailers

All 3 videos
'If Beale Street Could Talk' Trailer #2 2:0622 September 2018

Photos and posters

All 15 photos

Reviews

All 8 reviews
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What the critics say average 8.5 from 8

  • 10 Los Angeles TimesJustin Chang In cutting against the aesthetic grain, Jenkins gently and wisely corrects our vision. The passionate glow of this filmmaker?s embrace belongs, quite rightly, to his characters. He is generous… Read
  • 10 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper A great American novel has been turned into a great American film. Read
  • 10 Roger EbertOdie Henderson Not much has changed for people of color, which probably wouldn?t surprise the author. And yet, he?d demand we not give up. This film powerfully conveys that message. The struggle is real, but so is… Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $12m
  • UK £818,825

Awards

All the awards

Soundtrack

All 14 songs
  1. Mist of a DreamBirdlegs, Pauline Spotify
  2. In So Many WaysBirdlegs, Pauline Spotify
  3. Whole Lotta Your LoveLee Hurst Spotify
  4. For the Good TimesAl Green Spotify

Trivia

All 8 facts

  • Nominated for three Oscar

    The film has been nominated for three Oscar's Prize: Best Soundtrack, Best Adapted Script and Best Supporting Actress to Regina King.

  • Golden Globe to Regina King

    Regina King has won the Golden Globe 2019 for Best Supporting Actress.

  • A comitted author

    James Baldwin is one of the best authors to portray afroamerican's life in United States. From his novel 'Remember This House', the director Raoul Peck was nominated to the Oscar for this short movie 'I Am Not Your Negro' (2016).

  • The personal story of the director

    Barry Jenkins don't hesitate to admit the relation between the films 'If Beale Street Could Talks' and 'Moonlight'. Besides of being two love story between black people, 'Moonlight' talks about the family that Jenkins have and 'If Beale Street Could Talks' represents the family that he would have liked to have.

  • Premiere at Toronto

    The film has an international premiere at Toronto Festival 2018.

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