Fictional dramatization of 1930s English boys' boarding school romance and repression that planted the seeds among some young aristocrats to later commit espionage against their country on behalf of the Soviet Union. Based on a stage play, the script is at turns vicious and charming, but always literate, always smart. Fine performances from all the young actors, some who went on to brilliant careers. The film works a bit of a miracle: makes us care about the central self-absorbed young dandy and his ambitions to rise in the hierarchy of his school as stepping stone to rising in the hierarchy of his privileged class.
Review of Another Country
