1971 · losey · period · drama
The Go-Between
Directed by Joseph Losey1h 56m1971
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.
Our read: The Go-Between (1971) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded losey · period · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured losey / period, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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