Brief Encounter
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.
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English
US
Title:
"A story of the most precious moments in a woman's life!"
Deutsch
DE
Title: Begegnung
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suomi
FI
Title: Lyhyt onni
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Italiano
IT
Title: Breve incontro
"Una casalinga di periferia e un medico, entrambi sposati, s'incontrano in una stazione, s'innamorano ma, alla soglia dell'adulterio, rinunciano."
Español
ES
Title: Breve encuentro
"Una historia de los momentos más entrañables de la vida de una mujer"
Français
FR
Title: Brève rencontre
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Reviews
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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Haven't Won A Oscar
Nominations
ACTRESS - 1946
Celia Johnson
DIRECTING - 1946
David Lean
WRITING (Screenplay) - 1946
David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
Media
Featurette
"Could You Really Say Goodbye?" - Brief Encounter's Carnforth Station | BFI
Featurette
Mark Kermode reviews Brief Encounter (1945) | BFI Player
Featurette
Rachel Weisz LOVES "Brief Encounter" and "All that Jazz" | BFI