Brief Encounter (1945)
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. (imdb)
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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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.
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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]
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When you find love when you must not, love becomes a nightmare of guilt and consuming shadows. Lean's subtle directing presents the first scene as the end of a long relationship -- filmmaking swallowed by the power of memory, as she imagines herself telling her affair to her husband, only to come back to that first/last encounter with a weight she cannot bear. She knows happiness and misery are not forever, specially this late in her life. Edgy, self-contained melodrama. That era's Carol.
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What this movie captures so so well is the transformation of an ordinary housewife into a beautiful woman -- something that the book (judging also by the hackneyed voiceover) would probably fail at. Good job Celia Johnson!
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Truly a high point of the cinematic art. Lean's use of framing and of dark and light, as well as the transitions in and out of voice-overs and framing devices, are masterful. The story is compelling thanks to Celia Johnson's affecting performance of an upper-class lady who, far from being distant and contented, seems vulnerable, scared yet hopeful. And that perfect crystal-clear RP voice - I could listen to her narration all day. I'm glad I discovered another gem from this genius David Lean.
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