WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER
BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Directed by David Lean
1945 | PG | 1 hour 27 mins | UK | English
Doors open at 6:30pm.
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.
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.
Producer: Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
Screenplay: Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cinematography: Robert Krasker
Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway