   ryan's daughter is a 1970 film directed by david lean.variety film review; 11 november 1970, page 15.the irish filmography 1896â1996; red mountain press; 1996. page 180. the film, set in 1916, tells the story of a married irish woman who has an affair with a british officer during world war i, despite opposition from her nationalist neighbours. the film is a very loose adaptation of gustave flaubert's novel madame bovary. the film stars robert mitchum, sarah miles, john mills, christopher jones, trevor howard and leo mckern, with a score by maurice jarre. it was photographed in super panavision 70 by freddie young. in its initial release, ryan's daughter was harshly received by criticshall, s. and neale, s. epics, spectacles, and blockbusters: a hollywood history (p. 181). wayne state university press, detroit, michigan; 2010. isbn 978-0-8143-3008-1. retrieved 25 march 2011. but was a box office success, grossing nearly $31 million on a budget of $13.3 million, making the film the eighth highest-grossing picture of 1970. it received two academy awards. ==plot== thumb|left|the beach between slea head and dunmore head on the dingle peninsula, ireland, a location where scenes for ryan's daughter were filmed. the film opens with an overture, before revealing rosy ryan (sarah miles) on a cliff high above the atlantic ocean. the film takes place in kirrary, a fictional isolated village on the dingle peninsula in county kerry, ireland. a gust of wind takes her parasol over the cliff and down into the ocean, where it lands next to a currach containing father hugh collins (trevor howard) and a mentally impai
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