Brideshead Revisited
United Kingdom • 2008
Director
Synopsis
Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel of class, Catholicism, forbidden desire, and youthful abandon giving way to adult disillusionment comes to the screen in a seductively opulent adaptation. In 1920s England, middle-class aspiring artist Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) discovers a dazzling new world when he comes to stay at Brideshead, the sprawling estate of his aristocratic Oxford University friend Lord Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw). As Charles becomes enmeshed in the lavish world of Brideshead, he finds himself navigating flickers of attraction to both Sebastian and his sister Julia (Hayley Atwell).
Synopsis
Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel of class, Catholicism, forbidden desire, and youthful abandon giving way to adult disillusionment comes to the screen in a seductively opulent adaptation. In 1920s England, middle-class aspiring artist Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) discovers a dazzling new world when he comes to stay at Brideshead, the sprawling estate of his aristocratic Oxford University friend Lord Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw). As Charles becomes enmeshed in the lavish world of Brideshead, he finds himself navigating flickers of attraction to both Sebastian and his sister Julia (Hayley Atwell).
Credits
Crew
DirectorJulian Jarrold
WriterAndrew Davies, Jeremy Brock
CinematographerJess Hall
ComposerAdrian Johnston
EditorChris Gill
Cast
Matthew Goodeas Charles Ryder