BRIEF ENCOUNTER [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1945
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair. With its evocatively fog-enshrouded settings, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for, and received, an Oscar), David Lean’s film of Noel Coward’s play “Still Life” deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance, and has influenced many a cinematic brief encounter since its release.
• Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Wilfred Babbage, Alfie Bass, Wallace Bosco, Sydney Bromley, Noël Coward, Nuna Davey, Valentine Dyall, Irene Handl, Dennis Harkin, Edward Hodge, Frederick Kelsey, Richard Martin, Jack May, Avis Scott, George V. Sheldon, Henrietta Vintcent, David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
• Director: David Lean
• Runtime: 1:26
• Company: Criterion Collection, Janus Films, ITV Studios Home Entertainment, BFI - British Film Institute
• Media Format: Movie