The Go-Between

The Go-Between

In those days, you fell in love with your own class. Or found a Go-Between.

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Release Date

6/16/1971

Runtime

116 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$100,000

Revenue

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A languorous, class-conscious meditation on first love and social transgression, filtered through memory and regret. The film moves at the pace of a long Edwardian summer, slowly building toward an unseen tragedy that will define a lifetime.

Mood

WistfulMelancholicRomanticBittersweet

Themes

LoveClassComing of ageMemoryGrief

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

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Sexual content

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