Brief Encounter (1945)
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/10 By 608 Votes
Overview : 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.
Release Date : November 24, 1945
Runtime : 86m
Companies : Cineguild, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Countries : United Kingdom
Keywords : infidelity, farewell, husband wife relationship, narration, marriage, housewife, duty, doctor, love affair, tearjerker, told in flashback, impossible love, shame, guilty conscience, broken heart, hopelessness, scheduled rendezvous, secretiveness
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