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Maurice
Why this pick
Like Victim, it places a gay man’s private life against rigid English respectability, but trades courtroom pressure for a patient, exquisitely restrained coming-of-age romance.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1961 1h 30m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
Its intimate, naturalistic focus on two men negotiating candour and self-protection carries forward Victim’s concern with the cost of being seen, in a quieter and more contemporary register.
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The Children's Hour
Why this pick
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Why this pick
It shares Victim’s precisely observed early-1960s London and polished surfaces, while turning concealed desire and social performance into a cool, claustrophobic battle for control.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A successful barrister, Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde) has a thriving London practice. He is on course to become a Queen's Counsel and people are already talking of his being appointed a judge. He is apparently happily married to his wife, Laura (Sylvia Syms).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Nigel Stock
Phip
Peter McEnery
Jack Barrett
John Barrie
Inspector Harris
Charles Lloyd Pack
Henry
Sylvia Syms
Laura Farr
Dennis Price
Calloway
Anthony Nicholls
Lord Charles Fullbrook
Norman Bird
Harold Doe