Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode
Miramax Films; Directed by Julian Jarrold
Rated PG-13; 100 minutes; 2008

In this provocative and suspenseful drama set in the pre-WWII era, Captain Charles Ryder is stationed at Brideshead Castle where he becomes entranced with the noble Marchmain family. The rise and fall of Charles' infatuations reflect the decline of a decadent era in England between the wars.