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Brief Encounter
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7.7Returning 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.
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
Themes
- infidelity
- farewell
- husband wife relationship
- narration
- marriage
- housewife
- duty
- black and white
- doctor
- love affair
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Lean
- Screenplay by
- Noël Coward Anthony Havelock-Allan David Lean Ronald Neame
- Based on
- Still Life , 1936 play, by Noël Coward
- Produced by
- Noël Coward Anthony Havelock-Allan Ronald Neame
- Starring
- Celia Johnson Trevor Howard Stanley Holloway Joyce Carey Cyril Raymond
- Cinematography
- Robert Krasker
- Edited by
- Jack Harris
- Music by
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Distributed by
- Eagle-Lion Distributors
- Release date
- 26 November 1945 ( 1945-11-26 ) (London premiere)
- Running time
- 87 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1 million or $1.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 553666
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- review score
- 8.0/10
- capital cost
- 1000000
- publication date
- 1946-08-30
- title
- Brief Encounter
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Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic tragedy film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life. The film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in lead roles, alongside Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg and Margaret Barton.
Brief Encounter tells the story of two married strangers living in pre-World War II England, whose chance meeting at a railway station leads to a brief yet intense emotional affair disrupting their otherwise conventional lives.