Brief Encounter (1945)

Name: Brief Encounter
Released: 1945-11-24
Duration: 86 min

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Director: David Lean
Runtime: 86 minutes
Original release date: 1945-11-24 (TMDB; may differ from the UK release)

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.

London screenings

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16 January 2027 at 12:00 · Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BY, UK · Brief Encounter · 35mm · Book with the cinema