The Go-Between
(1971)
★ 6.8 IMDb · 166 votes
Year: 1971
Runtime: 118 мин
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Джули Кристи, Alan Bates, Эдвард Фокс, Michael Redgrave, Dominic Guard, Margaret Leighton, Майкл Гоф, Richard Gibson, Simon Hume-Kendall, Роджер Ллойд-Пак
Plot
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.
Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last, and the summer Leo (Dominic Guard) turns thirteen. He's the guest of Marcus (Richard Gibson), a wealthy classmate, at a grand house in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian (Julie Christie), Marcus' twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh (Edward Fox), a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a forest-green suit, takes him on walks, and asks him to carry messages to and from their neighbor, Ted Burgess (Sir Alan Bates), a bit of a rake. Leo is soon dissembling, realizes he's betraying Hugh, but continues as the go-between nonetheless, asking adults naive questions about the attractions of men and women.