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Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/29/23 Full Review matthias s 'Brief Encounter' is a captivating 1945 romance film directed by David Lean. Set in post-war England, it follows...
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Oct 16, 2010 · Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter (1945) Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive. The 25 best romantic films of all time Romance films. This article is more than 13 years old....
Brief Encounter is a classic romantic drama set in 1945 during WWII in and around the fictional Milford railway station. A married woman, with children, Laura (Celia Johnson), meets a stranger, a doctor (Trevor Howard) named Alec in the station's waiting/tea room, who kindly removes a piece of grit from her eye then leaves to catch his train.
Apr 2, 2024 · Brief Encounter, British film drama, released in 1945, that pivots on the subject of forbidden love, as set against the strictures of suburban British life. The film, based on Noël Coward’s play Still Life, was one of director David Lean’s first great successes.
Brief Encounter. After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair. With its evocatively fog-enshrouded setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for an Oscar ...
Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Two married strangers meet in a train station and fall in love. Cast & Crew. Read More. David Lean. Director. Celia Johnson. Laura Jesson. Trevor Howard. Alec Harvey. Stanley Holloway. Albert Godby. Joyce Carey. Myrtle Bagot. Cyril Raymond. Photos & Videos. View All.
Director. Noël Coward. Screenplay. 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.
