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Brief Encounter (1945)

NR 11/24/1945 Drama, Romance 1h 26m
77%
User
Score
8.0/10
94%
92/100

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

Overview

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.

David Lean

Director

Noël Coward

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Laura Jesson

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Dr. Alec Harvey

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Albert Godby

Joyce Carey

Joyce Carey

Myrtle Bagot

Cyril Raymond

Cyril Raymond

Fred Jesson

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg

Dolly Messiter

Marjorie Mars

Marjorie Mars

Mary Norton

Margaret Barton

Margaret Barton

Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

Wilfred Babbage

Wilfred Babbage

Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

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Media

"Could You Really Say Goodbye?" - Brief Encounter's Carnforth Station | BFI

"Could You Really Say Goodbye?" - Brief Encounter's Carnforth Station | BFI

Mark Kermode reviews Brief Encounter (1945) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews Brief Encounter (1945) | BFI Player

Rachel Weisz LOVES "Brief Encounter" and "All that Jazz" | BFI

Rachel Weisz LOVES "Brief Encounter" and "All that Jazz" | BFI

A Re-Encounter 70 Years After 'Brief Encounter'

A Re-Encounter 70 Years After 'Brief Encounter'

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on March 28, 2022

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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