Tagline: A story of love...set against the violence of rebellion
Storyline
World War I is far away in this small village of Ireland.
Rosy (Sarah Miles), the daughter of Irish pub keeper Tom Ryan marries inexperienced but good-hearted schoolmaster Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum). Soon she discovers that the man she admired isn’t what she expected and starts an affair with British officer Randolph Doryan (Christopher Jones).
When village idiot Michael innocently uncovers evidence of Rosy's indiscretion, the local gossips begin wagging their tongues.
Shaughnessy chooses to remain above the scandal, assuming that Rosy will come to her senses.
Later, Rosy's father informs on a group of IRA insurgents, hoping to keep the peace in his village. The locals assume that Rosy, still enamored of Doryan, is the informer, and exact a humiliating punishment.
An outstanding piece of cinema
RYAN'S DAUGHTER
