Brief Encounter

1945

DramaRomance

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

"A story of the most precious moments in a woman's life!"

Rating

7.705
643 votes

Popularity

3.0248

Origin & Countries

GB | en | United Kingdom

Production

Cineguild,J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Runtime

86 min.

Status

Released

Release: 11/24/1945

Credits

Brief Encounter

David LeanDirector

Brief Encounter

Celia JohnsonLaura Jesson

Brief Encounter

Trevor HowardDr. Alec Harvey

Brief Encounter

Stanley HollowayAlbert Godby

Brief Encounter

Joyce CareyMyrtle Bagot

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

3/28/2022

7 / 10

Based on Noël Coward's play "Still Life" this is a super adaptation from David Lean as Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard meet in a railway station café and 90 minutes later we have been on a roller-coaster of emotions, all delicately and subtly discussed, as these two eminently middle class English people challenge their long established "civilised" values and conventions of behaviour. It's style is it's simplicity - the script is poignant and charming; if a little dated now. Stanley Holloway provides an occasional breath of air during this quite intense drama, and who can ever forget that Rachmaninoff is a huge star of this, too?

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