Brideshead Revisited
Privilege. Ambition. Desire. At Brideshead everything comes at a price.
Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive.On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia.However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.
- Director
- Julian Jarrold
- Worldwide
- $13M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia. However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.
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Box Office & Release
Brideshead Revisited returned 0.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $13M
- Release date
- Jul 25, 2008
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United Kingdom, Italy
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