Adapted by Harold Pinter based on a novel of the same name by British female writer Penelope Mortimer, the film itself is a reflection on marriage. By the time I met Jake Armitage, Jo was already a mother of five and had been married twice. After the two married, Jo began to fall into a deep state of depression. She became pregnant again, and this time Jake strongly opposed it. In order to save her marriage, Jo chose to have a miscarriage, but still did not know where her marriage would go. Anne Bancroft's superb performance in this film is considered to be the best of her life. She also won Best Actress at the 18th Cannes Film Festival, Best Actress at the British Film Academy Award and Golden Globes, but lost unexpectedly to Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins at the Academy Awards that year.
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