At a girls' school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tension, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events.
Colin Farrell delivers one of his finest performances as a wounded Union soldier nursed to health by the headmistress (Nicole Kidman), teacher (Kristen Dunst) and students of a school for girls in the Civil War South. Sofia Coppola's beautifully filmed, languorous and haunting period piece focuses very little on the battle at hand while delving deep into psycho-sexual issues. - Three and a half stars
