Brief Encounter (1945)
I will begin my journal with reviewing one of my all time favourite
films. Brief Encounter, the film was created and directed by none other the
great Noel Coward, Brief Encounter was based on a play “Still life” Brief
Encounter is a romantic yet a dramatic film about two married people who meet
by fortune in a London Railway station who by which carry out a passionate and
strong love affair. Poignant yet extremely ordinary. Set in pre-World war II
England, the film follows the main protagonist Laura Jesson played by (Celia Johnson) who is on her way home to her charming family and home, but catches a residue in her eye. Unintentionally, she meets a Dr. Alex Harvey played by (Trevor Howard) who removes the cinder from her eye. The pair talk for a few minutes and instantly sparks inaugurate, but realise they board different trains. However mutually return to the station once a week to meet and, as the film advancement the pair grow more and more intimate, sharing stories, fears about their lives, marriages and children and hopes. One day when Alec’s train is delayed both become frantic that they will miss one another. When the pair finally discover each other, they both realise they are in love. But this moment should be a blissful recognition they are both burdened with calamity, since both care awfully for their families and realise a future is impossible with one another. Their final meeting is in railway refreshment room, now with the poignant perspective of their story. Their meeting is quickly erupted by an acquaintance of Laura’s. Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard give perfect performances as two realistic married people who find themselves to be in tricky situation and both know they can never be truly happy.
Unrated
1hr. 26min
Drama, Romance, Classics
Directed BY David Lean
Cast:
Celia Johnson (Laura Jesson) Trevor
Howard (Dr. Alec Harvey) Stanley Holloway (Albert Godby) Joyce Carey (Myrtle Bagot)
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