Brief Encounter
7.7/10
Rating
86 min
Runtime
1945
Release Year
David Lean
Director
Cast
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond
Quick Synopsis
Laura Jesson, a suburban housewife feeling restless in her routine life, meets Dr. Alec Harvey by chance while returning from a shopping trip to a nearby town. They begin a casual friendship that grows during their regular weekly meetings into a deeper emotional connection. As their relationship intensifies, both Laura and Alec face difficult decisions about how this bond could disrupt their existing lives and affect their families, forcing them to confront the consequences of their feelings.
Detailed Synopsis of Brief Encounter
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.
