The Go-Between

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British film film romantic drama film

The Go-Between is a 1971 British romantic drama film, directed by Joseph Losey and based on L.P. Hartley’s novel, about a young boy drawn into a secret affair between an upper-class woman and a farmer in Edwardian England.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film → film → romantic drama film →
authorOfSourceWork	L. P. Hartley →
awardReceived	Palme d’Or → surface form: "Palme d'Or"
basedOn	The Go-Between → surface form: "The Go-Between (novel)"
castMember	Alan Bates → Dominic Guard → Edward Fox → Julie Christie → Flora Robson → surface form: "Margaret Leighton" Michael Redgrave → Roger Lloyd-Pack →
cinematographyBy	Gerry Fisher →
colorProcess	color →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
director	Joseph Losey →
distributor	British Lion Films → Columbia Pictures →
editedBy	Reginald Beck →
filmFestivalScreening	Cannes Film Festival → surface form: "1971 Cannes Film Festival"
filmingLocation	Melton Constable Hall → Norfolk →
genre	period drama → romantic drama →
mainCharacter	Leo Colston → Marian Maudsley → Ted Burgess →
musicBy	Michel Legrand →
narrativeStructure	flashback →
notableFor	winning the Palme d'Or at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival →
originalLanguage	English →
period	early 20th century →
plotSummary	A young boy becomes the go-between in a secret love affair between an upper-class woman and a farmer in Edwardian England. →
producer	John Heyman → Neil Hartley →
productionCompany	EMI Films →
releaseDate	1971-05-12 →
releaseYear	1971 →
runtimeMinutes	118 →
screenplayAdaptationFrom	The Go-Between → surface form: "The Go-Between (1953 novel)"
screenwriter	Harold Pinter →
settingPlace	Norfolk →
settingTime	Edwardian era →
theme	class differences → forbidden love → loss of innocence →
title	The Go-Between →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Go-Between → basedOn → The Go-Between →

this entity surface form: "The Go-Between (novel)"

Edward Fox → notableWork → The Go-Between →

Harold Pinter → notableWork → The Go-Between →

this entity surface form: "The Go-Between (screenplay)"

The Go-Between → screenplayAdaptationFrom → The Go-Between →

this entity surface form: "The Go-Between (1953 novel)"

The Go-Between → title → The Go-Between →