The Go-Between

The Go-Between is a 1971 British historical drama film directed by Joseph Losey. Its screenplay by Harold Pinter is an adaptation of the 1953 novel The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley. The film stars Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave and Dominic Guard. The Go-Between won the Palme d'Or at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. Mostly set around 1900, The Go-Between exposes the psychologically destructive effects of the rigid class conventions in Great Britain.