Comedy · Romance · History
British
1963 · Directed by Tony Richardson · 128 min
In eighteenth-century England, a good-hearted, appetite-driven foundling is raised in a country estate and loves the neighbouring squire's daughter. Class, family schemes and his own wandering eye push him onto the road. The tone is bawdy, fast and openly playful toward the audience.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the early-1960s British cinema boom, it carried the energy of the British New Wave into a costume comedy and became a very visible example of the stylistic freedom of the decade.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film that keeps reminding you it is a film, and notice how often it invites you to be in on the joke.
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