Claim: Sofia Coppola directed a film based on a book.

The Beguiled is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola , based on the novel The Beguiled -LRB- originally published as A Painted Devil -RRB- by Thomas P. Cullinan . It stars Colin Farrell , Nicole Kidman , Kirsten Dunst , and Elle Fanning . A film of the same name , also based on Cullinan 's book , was released in 1971 .   It premiered on May 24 , 2017 and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , where Coppola won the Best Director award , becoming only the second woman to do so . The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 23 , 2017 .