Brief Encounter

feature film, romantic drama, UK, 1945

DIRECTED BY: David Lean

Brief Encounter

CAST:
Celia Johnson (Laura Jesson),
Trevor Howard (dr. Alec Harvey),
Stanley Holloway (Albert Godby),
Joyce Carey (Myrtle Bagot),
Cyril Raymond (Fred Jesson)

SCRIPT:
David Lean (based on play by Noel Coward)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Robert Krasker

EDITING:
Jack Harris

Synopsis:

The action takes place in London after WW2. A houswife Laura Jesson susreće meets dr Alec Harvey in a cafe of the local train station. Although both are married, they fall in love. They regularly meet every Thursday in a small cafe, even though they are aware that their love stands little chance... The love scenes of the main protagonists, Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, according to many, are among the most endearing scenes in the history of film.

b/w, 86'

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