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Director: |
Joseph Losey
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Starring: |
Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Edward Fox, Michael Redgrave, Margaret Leighton, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Simon Hume-Kendall, Richard Gibson, Michael Gough, Dominic Guard, Amaryllis Garnett
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Genres: |
Drama Classics, Period Drama, Great Literature on Film, Romantic Drama, UK Classics, Indie-Arthouse Cinema
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Origin: |
United Kingdom
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Certificate: |
PG
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Languages: |
English
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Sound formats: |
Mono
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Running Time: |
118 min
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Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian, Marcus's twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh, 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, 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. Can an affair between neighbors stay secret for long? And how does innocence end?
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