Ryan's daughter
Ryan's Daughter (original title: Ryan's Daughter) is a 1970 British film directed by David Lean. It starred Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, John Mills, and Christopher Jones in the lead roles.
The film, set between August 1917 and January 1918, tells the story of a sexually dissatisfied married Irish woman who has an affair with a British officer during World War I, despite moral and political opposition from its nationalist neighbors.
Plot
Rosy Ryan (Sarah Miles) is the daughter of a small town innkeeper on the coast of Ireland during World War I. The film takes place in the aftermath of the Easter Rising in April 1916, when constitutionalist nationalism is being displaced by the growing revolutionary activity of the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood), directed above all against the Irish police (Royal Irish Constabulary). and the army.
Like Madame Bovary, Rosy is a romantic girl who yearns for passionate love and being a fine and educated young woman is not at home in the town, which is too tight for her to satisfy in it. your wants and needs. The only person she considers to be of proper social status is the schoolteacher, Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum), an ordinary man, widowed and a few years her senior. Rosy thinks she is in love with the teacher and they both end up getting married. However, when a young British soldier (limping from being wounded at the front and suffering from war trauma) arrives in town, Major Randolph Doryan (Christopher Jones), Rosy finds with him the possibility of satisfying her desire to live passionate love..
Cast
- Sarah Miles - Rosy Ryan
- Robert Mitchum - Charles Shaughnessy
- Trevor Howard - Father Hugh Collins
- John Mills - Michael.
- Christopher Jones - Major Randolph Doryan
- Leo McKern... Tom Ryan
- Barry Foster... Tim O'Leary
- Gerald Sim... Captain Smith
- Evin Crowley - Moureen Cassidy
- Marie Kean - Mrs. McCardle
- Arthur O'Sullivan - Joe McCardle
- Brian O'Higgins - Police O'Connor
- Barry Jackson - Corporal
Awards
Oscar Award 1971:
- to the best secondary actor (John Mills)
- to the best photograph (Freddie Young)
Golden Globe Award 1971:
- to the best secondary actor (John Mills)
Golden Laurel Award 1971:
- to tomorrow's star (Christopher Jones)
- the best director of photography - 2nd place (Freddie Young)
- to the best female performance – 2nd place (Sarah Miles)
David di Donatello Award 1971:
- to the best foreign production (Anthony Havelock-Allan)
British Society of Cinematographers Award 1970:
- to the best photograph (Freddie Young)
Evening Standard British Film Award 1974:
- to the best movie (David Lean)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1972:
- to the best secondary actor (John Mills)
Comments
The backdrop of the rugged and beautiful Irish coastline, with its spectacular squalls and impressive cliffs on the Dingle Peninsula, along with performances by the priest and the village idiot, make Ryan's Daughter an unforgettable film.
The critics of the time crushed it, although today it is considered by many to be one of the director's best works.
The box office didn't turn its back on him. However, bitter criticism, even personal, from international critics caused Lean to withdraw, misunderstood, until the early 1980s.