The Go-Between
A tale of torrid and forbidden love between a couple in the English countryside.
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"While staying with a prosperous family in Norfolk, a young boy becomes the unwitting pawn in a love triangle. Remaining faithful to the book 'The Go-Between' is a nicely understated, almost serene account of an illicit affair, but if you want to see bedroom romps, bust ups, and flying crockery then go watch the soaps. Where the film succeeds brilliantly is conveying an oppressive class system during a oppressively long, hot Summer in Edwardian England. One of the best scenes is the cricket match, and Pinter, himself a keen follower of the game, cleverly uses cricket as an allegory -..."
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The movie was based upon L.P. Hartley's novel of the same name. The opening line of the novel has become somewhat well-known: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." That same line--spoken by the voice-over narrator--opens this movie.
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A tale of torrid and forbidden love between a couple in the English countryside.