David Lean's direction, Noel Coward's
screenplay, and Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto meld unforgettably in Brief Encounter.
A missed train connection leads to a love affair between a
happily married housewife and a passionate doctor, acted with perfect
understatement by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. The 1945 film, from Lean's
pre-epic period, is stunningly crafted and beautifully observed. Brief
Encounter is, by turns, as exhilarating and heartbreaking as the affair it
depicts. Criterion's edition features a new digital transfer, audio commentary by
Bruce Eder, and the theatrical trailer.
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u.k. drama
1946
bw 86 min.
