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Overview

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Director:
David Lean
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Release Date:
24 August 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | Drama more
Tagline:
A story of the most precious moments in woman's life!
Plot:
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins more
User Comments:
A simple film with complex emotions more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Noel Coward's Brief Encounter (UK) (complete title)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Company:
Cineguild more

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Trivia:
The screenplay was adapted and based on Noel Coward's 1935 short one-act (half-hour) stage play "Still Life". It was expanded from five short scenes in a train station (the refreshment tea room of Milford Junction Station) to include action in other settings (Laura's house, the apartment of the Dr.Harvey's friend, restaurants, parks, train compartments, shops, a car, a boating lake and at the cinema), more
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Continuity: When Laura is running away from Dr. Lynn's apartment in the rain, her book is next to her body, under her purse. Halfway down the street, the angle changes on the still-running Laura, but now the book is outside her purse. And it never gets wet! more
Quotes:
Laura Jesson: [thinking to herself] This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long. They'll come a time in the future when I shan't mind about this anymore. But I can look back and say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was. No, no I don't want that time to come hither. I want to remember every minute, always, always to the end of my days. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "M*A*S*H: Life with Father (#3.8)" (1974) more
Soundtrack:
Piano Concerto No. 2 more

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A Note Regarding Spoilers
Is "Brief Encounter" based on a novel?
Why was "Brief Encounter" initially banned in Ireland?
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28 out of 33 people found the following comment useful:-
A simple film with complex emotions, 10 October 2000
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Author: dj_kennett from Sydney, Australia

Brief Encounter is probably one of the finest romances made by the English film industry. The story line is simple, of a married woman who meets a stranger and falls in love, belies the complexity of the emotions involved. It ends poignantly, as both parties realise that their feelings have been overshadowed by the social impossibility of their situation.

The film is particularly good at reflecting the post-war austerity and morality of England. It may change your view of railway stations forever.

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