An Ecosse Films Production for Miramax Films, HanWay Films, UK Film Council and BBC Films Eröffnungsfilm am Filmfestival Locarno 2008 Piazza Grande BRIDESHEAD REVISITED Ein Film von Julian Jarrold mit Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode Kinostart : 30. Oktober 2008 Filmdauer : 132 Min. www.bridesheadrevisited-themovie.com FILMVERLEIH MEDIENBETREUUNG PATHÉ FILMS AG Esther Bühlmann Neugasse 6, Postfach, 8031 Zürich Niederdorfstrasse 54, 8001 Zürich T 044 277 70 83 F 044 277 70 89 T 044 261 08 57
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[email protected] 0 SHORT SYNOPSIS Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War, a period when the landed gentry began to lose some of its many privileges. The story begins in 1925 at Oxford where Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) is befriended by the louche and flamboyant Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw), son of Lord and Lady Marchmain (Michael Gambon and Emma Thompson). Charles is quickly seduced by his friend’s opulent and glamorous world and thrilled by an invitation to ‘Brideshead’, the Marchmain’s magnificent ancestral home. Beguiled by his surroundings, Charles becomes infatuated with Sebastian’s beautiful sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell). As his emotional attachment to the young Marchmains grows, Charles finds himself increasingly at odds with the family’s strongest bond: a deep and abiding Catholic faith. 1 LONG SYNOPSIS Brideshead Revisited is an evocative and poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in pre-World War II England as the privileged aristocracy fell into decline.