Brief Encounter

Watch: Brief Encounter

8/24/19461h 26m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ 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.

Director:

David Lean

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

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Revenue:

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Key words:

infidelity
farewell
husband wife relationship
narration
marriage
housewife
duty
black and white
doctor
love affair
tearjerker
told in flashback
impossible love
shame
guilty conscience
broken heart
hopelessness
secretiveness

Cast

Celia Johnson

~ as ~

Laura Jesson

Trevor Howard

~ as ~

Dr. Alec Harvey

Stanley Holloway

~ as ~

Albert Godby

Joyce Carey

~ as ~

Myrtle Bagot

Cyril Raymond

~ as ~

Fred Jesson

Everley Gregg

~ as ~

Dolly Messiter

Marjorie Mars

~ as ~

Mary Norton

Margaret Barton

~ as ~

Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters

Wilfred Babbage

~ as ~

Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)

Alfie Bass

~ as ~

Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
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?