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The Go-Between
In those days, you fell in love with your own class. Or found a Go-Between.
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.
- Original title
- The Go-Between
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
- $100,000
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
May 29, 2023 · via TMDB
Sadly, time has not been very kind to the potency of this film. In 2020s society, the overwhelming feeling of "so what?" is hard to shake off; despite some really strong performances. Dominic Guard is "Leo", just 13 when he is invited to summer at the Norfolk country home of one of his classmates. He quickly befriends his older sister "Marian" (Julie Christie) and is soon acting - innocently, at first - as her courier passing ostensibly harmless letters between herself, her fiancée "Hugh" (Edward Fox) and a swarthy tenant farmer "Ted" (Alan Bates). Guard is great as the young man who starts to put two and two together as he slowly gets caught up in this menage-à-trois whilst trying to accommodate his own sexual awakening. His own naive inquisitiveness gives his character an engaging and frustrating quality that we might all have related to, once upon a time. Losey's pace is off, though - it can be quite a slow burn at times and, unusually, I found the score from Michel Legrand quite distractingly repetitive. The cinematography showed off the locale to perfection and the dialogue from LP Hartley via Harold Pinter succinctly demonstrates class distinction and prejudice well.
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Julie Christie
Lady Marian Trimingham
Alan Bates
Ted Burgess
Edward Fox
Hugh Trimingham
Michael Redgrave
The Older Leo Colston
Dominic Guard
The Young Leo Colston
Margaret Leighton
Mrs Maudsley
Michael Gough
Mr Maudsley
Richard Gibson
Marcus Maudsley
Roger Lloyd Pack
Charles
Keith Buckley
Stubbs
Jim Broadbent
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Carmen Dillon
Art Direction
Gerry Fisher
Director of Photography
Joseph Losey
Director
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Harold Pinter
Screenplay
The Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather Part II
Nylon Moon
Seven Samurai
Once Upon a Time in America
The Silence of the Lambs
Apocalypse Now
Paths of Glory
Das Boot
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
The Count of Luxembourg
Falling Camellia
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Downfall
A Walk to Remember
Mystic River
The Hustler
A Season of Giants
All the President's Men
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Empire of the Sun
Eyes Wide Shut
The Reader
The Devil Wears Prada
The Experiment
Scarface
American Psycho
The Time Machine
El Dorado
Murder She Said
A Man for All Seasons
2gether: The Movie
Stardust
The Soul Collector
Chimes at Midnight
A Simple Plan
Secret Sunshine
2046
Dangerous Liaisons
This Boy's Life
First in Line
Field of Dreams
Straw Dogs
The Bear
An Autumn Tale
The Darkest Minds
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Chocolat
The Tin Drum
Howards End
La tarde del domingo
Komediantská historie
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The Way We Were
Don't Look Now
Holes
The Sweet Hereafter
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Oliver Twist
Payback
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Don't Bother to Knock
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To Die For
French Kiss
The Man Who Fell to Earth
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The Perfect Storm
Crash
Khadak
The Football Factory
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Sleepless
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The Saint
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The Brave
People in the Summer Night
Titip Bunda di Surga-Mu
Solaris
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Forbidden Love
The Narrows
Blood and Chocolate
Sliver
A Love in Germany
Desperation
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Dark Sun
Ça sent la coupe
White Skin
Three Lives
Murder in the Cassava Patch
Naked Singularity
Up! Up! To the sky
The Nightingale
Jenůfa
Once On This Island
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
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Mistr a Markétka
Shiver
Written in the Stars
Today, the two of us skipped
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Me Before You
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The Best of Me
Love Everlasting
Breathe
Love at First Sight
The Choice
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Jane Eyre
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Tess
A Room with a View
Far from the Madding Crowd
Howards End
Endless Love
Jane Eyre
Nobody Has to Know
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Wuthering Heights
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Nov 13, 1971
Original rating: GP
