Second viewing; previously viewed on December 29, 1988.
A 12-year-old boy goes to spend his summer vacation in the country house of a rich family. While there, he serves as a messenger between the owners' young daughter and her lover, a lower-class farmer who lives nearby.
This starts out a little dull, but soon becomes an exciting game of manipulation and secrecy. Furthermore, it's marvelously directed and at times dazzlingly beautiful. However, there is an unfortunate wrapping up to all this which sacrifices plausibility for dramaticity. After young Marian had dragged an innocent boy into her rather depressing sexual affair, her mother seemed determined to make sure he wouldn't come out of the experience without a lasting trauma. Really, this author mustn't have had a high opinion of women. But the worst was yet to come, with a cringeworthy epilogue.
Rating: 64 (unchanged)
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