Swedish filmmaker Alf Sjoberg's visualIy innovative, Cannes Grand Prix-winning adaptation of August Strindberg's renowned 1888 play brings to scalding life the excoriating words of the stage's preeminent surveyor of aIl things rotten in the state of male-femaIe reIations. Miss Julie vividIy depicts the battIe of the sexes and classes that ensues when a weaIthy businessman's daughter falIs for her father's bitter servant. CeIebrated for its unique cinematic style , Sjoberg's fiIm was an important turning point in Scandinavian cinema.