Drama starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates
At the turn-of-the-century, while spending the summer on a schoolfriend's family estate in Norfolk, 12-year-old Leo unwittingly takes on the role of go-between for the daughter of the wealthy family and a local farmer. But the couple's clandestine love affair is to have tragic consequences.
(1971, PG)
See Films: pages 50-58 *****
Andrew Duncan interviews Julie Christie: page 14
(This film was rescheduled from Monday after our feature pages went to press.)
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