Brief Encounter (1945)

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Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. (imdb)

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Genres: Romance, Drama

Country: UK

Directed By: David Lean

Written By: Noël Coward, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan

Starring: Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg, Valentine Dyall, Margaret Barton, Marjorie Mars

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Too British for me to finish
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Ineldande monologen i tåget är fängslande, jag ville crikulera mer kring hennes huvud
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Feb 11	shanebarlow3	77 _70%
Feb 04	PUNQ	80 _99%
'Simple and complex' is how many describe Brief Encounter (1945), that's how I'll do it too, and I'll add 'gentle and heavy' with emotion. Such sincere piece of conflicted emotions. Not typically the type of movie I'd fall in love with, but it's impressions leaves a mark that's impossible to escape.
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Viewed December 11, 2019. Movie 3300. Astonishing how much this movie sneaks up on you until the final 10 minutes, which contain some of the best filmmaking ever, finally level you.
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Jun 30, 2019	NathanBates	60 _34%
As I go through my list of "best" movies, I'm a bit surprised at how many are about infidelity. Here we have a perfectly ordinary housewife who suddenly meets a stranger and starts to fall in love with him. There are a lot of nuances in the film (as a proper British film should have), but I was slightly disappointed we didn't hear more about the old lady in the refreshment stand. It's a well-made movie -- the cast is excellent -- but I just didn't fall in love with it.
Jun 27, 2019	gunay	97 _91%
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Pretty by-the-numbers romance but it hit all the right spots for me. Elevated by great moments of filmmaking, particularly in the second half - the lone Dutch angle at the climax is really well-placed. Rach 2 is such a perfect score for this, too.
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Jul 20, 2018	CosmicMonkey	85 _84%
A film entirely about mid-century Britain's obsession with morality and propriety, and the now stereotypical sexual repression that was a result (and also as an analogy for Noel Coward's own closeted homosexuality.) In many ways, it's a film that only could've been made at the exact point it was, as WWII led to many concerns of infidelity, both at home and abroad, and yet, it remains a fairly universal tale of forbidden love, that still works today, sensual, brooding, and bittersweet.
Jul 20, 2018	danielst84	91 _92%
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Jun 17, 2018	hotsake	78 _86%
It wasn't the acting, the directing or the story not really, it was all about the dialogue. The acting is solid Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, and Cyril Raymond all gave multilayered performances. The direction and score were superb and they complimented each other wonderfully. The story is one often told though not usually as delicately as it was here. The dialogue and the film's pacing swept me up and kept me engaged the entire time... [Full Review]
Jun 10, 2018	nunobar	90 _88%
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