Privilege. Ambition. Desire. At brideshead everything comes at a price. A heartbreaking romantic epic, this adaptation of evelyn waughs classic novel tells an evocative story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence. Oxford 1925. The unworldly undergraduate charles ryder matthew goode is befriended by the flamboyant and aristocratic sebastian flyte ben whishaw, son of lord and lady marchmain michael gambon and academy award winner emma thompson, and is thrilled by an invitation to brideshead, the marchmains magnificent ancestral home. Beguiled by his surroundings, charles is entranced by the opulent house and the glamourous world of this eccentric family. While lord marchmain lives in venice with his mistress, lady marchmain runs the house, the failure of her marriage redoubling the fierce catholic faith imposed on her children ? Sebastian and the beautiful julia hayley atwell. As charless infatuation moves from the provocative sebastian to the sophisticated julia, it is a faith with which he finds himself increasingly at odds p running time 130 minutes region region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. Read more about dvd formats. Subtitles english release date 9 mar. 2009