Tagline: Privilege, ambition, desire. At Brideshead everything comes at a price. Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw), Oxford student Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to Brideshead, the ancestral home, he falls in love with his friend’s sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell)….
Tag: Hayley Atwell
Cassandra’s Dream (2008)
Tagline: How far will you go to make your dreams come true? The story of two Cockney brothers (Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor) in south London and their relationship with a young woman (Hayley Atwell) who lands in London on her search for fortune. She crosses the two men by accident on her path and…
The Duchess (2008)
Tagline: There were three people in her marriage. The scandalous rise and fall of the Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire. Like Princess Diana, her direct descendent, she was beautiful, glamorous and adored by the public. Keira Knightley plays the 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire. An ancestor of Princess Di, she lived an extravagant, profligate…
How About You (2008)
How About You is an Irish film directed by Anthony Byrne. The film is based on a short story sometimes published as “How About You” and sometimes published as “The Hard Core” in a collection of short stories titled “This Year It Will Be Different” by Maeve Binchy. It tells the story of a young…