• Brief Encounter (1945)

  • Feb 3 2025
  • Length: 15 mins
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Brief Encounter (1945)

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  • Ever wondered how silence can speak louder than words? Journey back to 1945, where David Lean's masterpiece Brief Encounter unfolds in a humble train station café. What starts as a chance meeting spirals into an emotional storm that challenges everything proper British society holds dear. Based on Noël Coward's play, this isn't your typical love story—it's a masterclass in repressed desire that proves the most powerful feelings are often the ones left unexpressed.

    Sources:

    • https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/article/693262
    • https://www.reelstreets.com/films/brief-encounter/
    • https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/lean/
    • https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Brief_Encounter
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