The movie and source stage play inspired an episode of Seinfeld (1989), which was broadcast on November 20, 1997 and titled "The Betrayal".
This movie is comprised of nine segments or sequences which are all shown in reverse chronological order.
Screenwriter and source playwright Harold Pinter based the story on his seven year secret extra-marital affair with television presenter Joan Bakewell, which had occurred between the years 1962 and 1969. At the time, Pinter had been married to Vivien Merchant, while Bakewell had been married to Producer and Director Michael Bakewell. Both marriages resulted in separation and divorce.
This movie and its source play, both called "Betrayal", are most notable for having a reverse chronological narrative structure, whereby the story begins with its ending and moves in a direction to ending with the story's beginning.
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