Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
Directed by David Lean · Cinematography by Freddie Young
R200 min57 frames
RomanceHistoryDrama
A story of love...set against the violence of rebellion
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What is Ryan’s Daughter about?
In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
Ryan's Daughter is a 1970 British epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean, written by Robert Bolt and starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles. The film, set between August 1917 and January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British officer during World War I, despite moral and political opposition from her nationalist neighbours. The supporting cast features John Mills, Christopher Jones, Trevor Howard and Leo McKern. The film is a re-telling of the plot of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary.
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What does the cinematography of Ryan’s Daughter look like?
Across 57 sampled frames, Ryan’s Daughter builds its coverage from wide compositions (35% of the sample), with medium shots (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Freddie Young keeps 72% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 63% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Ryan’s Daughter?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Ryan’s Daughter (1970) are #2f2f2d, #4f504c, #d3d2cf, #abafaf, #8e928f, #4a483a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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