A Song At Twilight

6/12/2024

"Sir Hugo" (Paul Schofield) is an acclaimed author who lives a comfortable life with his wife "Hilde" (June Tobin). Unexpectedly, he finds he is to receive a guest for dinner. "Carlotta" (Deborah Kerr) was an ex-girlfriend many years ago, and it is soon quite clear after her arrival that they didn't part well. Indeed, there is little more between them than a thinly veiled disregard wrapped in polite, if acerbic, dialogue. When she declares the reason for her visit, he wants nothing to do with things and hopes that will be that. She has another weapon in her arsenal though, one he cannot dismiss so readily and when his wife returns from her evening a little the worst for brandy, the triumvirate engage in some engagingly pithy vino veritas conversation that exposes all as people with secrets