This
exquisitely crafted British classic was directed by the great David
Lean and based on Noel Coward’s 1935 half-hour one-act stage play “Still
Life.” It’s one of filmdom’s great romantic tear-jerkers. Simply
told and emotionally honest,
BRIEF ENCOUNTER is a peek
into the quiet desperation involved in a brief extramarital love affair
between two married, middle-class Brits who meet in the refreshment tea
room of a railway station and continue to see each other over seven
weekly meetings. Laura (Celia Johnson) is a wife and mother hungry
for escape from her humdrum life and sterile marriage; Alec (Trevor
Howard) is a kind young doctor. The passion between them is obvious,
yet the film maintains chaste minimalism throughout – a credit to the
writing, direction and British sensibilities of the time. You'll want a
box of tissues nearby for the ending.
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