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Brideshead Revisited (2008): Film vs Book
Film · 2008 · Directed by Julian Jarrold · Starring Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Emma Thompson
About the film
A shorter film version of the story of a friendship with a family of rich Catholics.
How close is it to the book?
Loosely based on the bookIt condenses the novel and changes some emphasis, so it feels different from the book's gentle regret.
Read or watch first?
The novel has the richer, longer view of the narrator's youth.
What the book gives you
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
A lush, wistful story about youth and a family you will not forget.
Who will like it: Readers who love nostalgic stories of friendship, faith and a grand country house.