Betrayal

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

Adapted by Harold Pinter from his play, Betrayal (1983) recounts the story of a failed love affair in reverse chronological order, belying the fantasy that love conquers all. Beginning with a meeting between the former adulterous lovers a year after their break-up, and ending with the first fleeting acknowledgment of their attraction, the narrative is progressively clouded by the end of the affair between Emma (Patricia Hodge) and Jerry (Jeremy Irons), but also by the revelation of their ...more