Betrayal (1983)
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100% of critics liked it
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71% of users liked it
(498 ratings)
Director David Jones adapted Harold Pinter's play of the same name -- with the help of Pinter himself -- to better fit this chronologically reversed drama of love and betrayal to the medium of film. The action starts with a scene in a London pub in which Jerry (Jeremy Irons) and Emma (Patricia… More Director David Jones adapted Harold Pinter's play of the same name -- with the help of Pinter himself -- to better fit this chronologically reversed drama of love and betrayal to the medium of film. The action starts with a scene in a London pub in which Jerry (Jeremy Irons) and Emma (Patricia Hodge) hold a subtly sardonic conversation on the nature of human failings as they meet for the first time after the end of their affair. The next scene, introduced by an intertitle, details how their romance fizzled and is followed by the next vignette, one year earlier, on how Jerry broke the news to Emma's husband Robert (Ben Kingsley) that he and Emma were lovers. And so it continues, through a total of nine scenes, back to the beginning of a complex, interpersonal drama. The film benefits considerably from Kingsley and Irons as the lead males, and the backwards story is in no way hard to follow. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Hugh Jones
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 19, 1983 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Harold Pinter's Oscar-nominated drama, a detailed anatomy of an affair, is extremely well acted by Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Irons, and Patricia Hodge.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Too Stagy.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Literate dialogue and stunning performances by Irons, Kingsley (with hair) and Hodge -- along with Jones' sensitive direction -- make it a shattering experience.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Explores the strange things we do to ourselves and to others in the name of love.
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Cast
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Jeremy Irons
as Jerry
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Ben Kingsley
as Robert
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Patricia Hodge
as Emma
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Chloe Billington
as Charlotte (5)
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Hannah Davies
as Charlotte (9)
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Michael König
as Ned Age 2
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Ray Marioni
as Waiter
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Alexander McIntosh
as Ned Age 5
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Caspar Norman
as Sam
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Avril Elgar
as Mrs. Banks
