The subject might remind you of the more known "terms of trial" in which Sarah Miles fell in love with her teacher Laurence Olivier married to Simone Signoret .
But its screenplay is drastically different :here the teacher (Leo Genn) is not a failure ,he's a teacher with a good reputation , highly regarded by everyone , married to an extremely attracting woman (Gene Tierney!).Besides he gives free private tuition to a deserving student.
It's an intimate drama , with a very good depiction of an English town , with all the gossips and all the mischievous young teenagers -"in the classroom he (and she) has only eyes for her (him)" -eager to see a life distroyed by scandal; the black and white cinematography of the promenades by the river , of its turbulent waters is almost gloomy ;the teacher and his wife live in a comfortable house ,they have a servant :in direct contrast with this quiet easy life ,we have the young student's family : they are working-class , the parents live with an aunt , a spineful spinster ,who can't stand people falling in love , mainly her own niece : she spits out her venom on the teacher's wife .
Glynis Jones is excellent as the teenager with still the child in her eyes :when she mysteriously disappears,after a secret meeting with her teacher , one loses himself in conjectures about her fate: did she jump into the water or was she pushed?
But its screenplay is drastically different :here the teacher (Leo Genn) is not a failure ,he's a teacher with a good reputation , highly regarded by everyone , married to an extremely attracting woman (Gene Tierney!).Besides he gives free private tuition to a deserving student.
It's an intimate drama , with a very good depiction of an English town , with all the gossips and all the mischievous young teenagers -"in the classroom he (and she) has only eyes for her (him)" -eager to see a life distroyed by scandal; the black and white cinematography of the promenades by the river , of its turbulent waters is almost gloomy ;the teacher and his wife live in a comfortable house ,they have a servant :in direct contrast with this quiet easy life ,we have the young student's family : they are working-class , the parents live with an aunt , a spineful spinster ,who can't stand people falling in love , mainly her own niece : she spits out her venom on the teacher's wife .
Glynis Jones is excellent as the teenager with still the child in her eyes :when she mysteriously disappears,after a secret meeting with her teacher , one loses himself in conjectures about her fate: did she jump into the water or was she pushed?