
Brief Encounter
Director: David Lean Run Time: 86 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1945
Starring: Celia Johnson, Cyril Raymond, Joyce Carey, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard
80th Anniversary Screening
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.
“David Lean’s wondrous romance, adapted from Noel Coward’s story, is one of the most emotionally devastating movies of all time.” Tom Huddleston, Time Out