The Beguiled (2017 film) for a biracial character from the novel, she cast white actress Kirsten Dunst. "The Guardian" said Coppola was criticized for engaging in whitewashing, to which the director said she made the changes so as "not [to] brush over such an important topic in a light way," and that "[y]oung girls watch my films and this was not the depiction of an African American character I would want to show them." The Beguiled (2017 film) The Beguiled is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, based on the novel of the same name (originally published as "A
The Rain People one of Coppola's five best films, calling it "hypnotic". The Rain People The Rain People is a 1969 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Alongside Shirley Knight, leading players are James Caan and Robert Duvall, both of whom would later work with Coppola in "The Godfather". Future film director and Coppola friend George Lucas worked as an aide on this film, and made a short making-of documentary film, "Filmmaker", about it. The film also won the Golden Shell at the 1969 San Sebastian Film Festival. The film received mixed initial reviews, but modern reception is more often positive. The current