Great Restorations

Barry Lyndon

Credits

Country :

UK-USA

Year :

1975

Director :

Stanley Kubrick

Version :

vostFR

Duration :

185 minutes

Actors :

Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff

Awards :

7 nominations including Best Picture and 4 wins, Oscars 1976

Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray

Introduction to the film and its restoration (in English | about 10’)

synopsis

In the 18th century in Ireland, upon his father’s death, young Redmond Barry dreams of climbing the social ladder. He kills his rival — a British officer in love with his cousin — in a duel, but is then forced into exile.

One of the most beautiful of all Stanley Kubrick’s films, originally released in 1975, this slyly savage tale of social climbing in the 18th century is also arguably his funniest.

The Observer

Ryan O’Neal’s excellent performance captures the shallow opportunism endemic to the title character who is brought down as much by his own flaws as by the mores of the ordered social structure of 18th-century England. Casting, concept and execution are all superb.

Variety