Film194586 min

Brief Encounter

Name: Brief Encounter
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1945
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond

Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowfresh & originalwholesomerealisticglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers alltroubled leads

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"A story of the most precious moments in woman's life!"

Boxlist takeExpect a moving, unhurried romantic drama, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like patience over pace.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis

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.

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