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    Brief Encounter

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    A magical romantic drama that will capture your heart. Director David Lean is very economical in telling this beautiful tale of a couple who meet at a train station and its ultimate consequences. Celia Johnson gives the very best performance of her career in this her Oscar Nominated performance for 1946. ( The film was released in the U. S. a year after its British premiere.) Though Trevor Howard did not get the accolades of Celia Johnson, he is perfection in his role. The screenplay is only brilliant! The supporting cast, mainly at the train station, provide some solid and often funny performances by many great British character actors of the era. Stanley Holloway and especially Joyce Carey are delightful as some unintended comic relief. A true masterpiece of British Cinema from David Lean's "smaller" films before his ascent to the big epics such as 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', 'Laurence of Arabia', 'Doctor Zhivago', 'Ryan's Daughter' and his last great epic, 'A Passage to India'.

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    pietroantoni@  18.6.2016 age: 36-49 14,551 reviews

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