Review of Ryan's Daughter (1970) by Lady D — 23 Jun 2011
1970 film directed by David Lean. The film, set in 1916, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British officer during World War I, despite opposition from her nationalist neighbours. The film is a very loose adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.
The film stars Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, John Mills, Christopher Jones, Trevor Howard and Leo McKern, with a score by Maurice Jarre. It was majestic photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Freddie Young on Slea Head, on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland. A very dense movie with breath-take photography and music.A festival of glorious performances, specially by John Mills and Trevor Howard.The cinematography is made poetically, almost like the sea tide , showed in the movie.A movie to be discovered by the new generation of cinema lovers.
This review of Ryan's Daughter (1970) was written by Lady D on 23 Jun 2011.
Ryan's Daughter has generally received positive reviews.
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