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IMDB (44,593 votes)

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500M
500M
Play Time: 86 mins
Drama, Romance
Brief Encounter

Overview:
Returning 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.

Status: Released (1945-11-24)
Awards:Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 3 nominations total
Screen:Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean
Productions: Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Brief Encounter
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Based on Noël Coward's play "Still Life" this is a super adaptation from David Lean as Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard meet in a railway station café and 90 minutes later we have been on a roller-coaster of emotions, all delicately and subtly discussed, as these two eminently middle ....

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