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Brief Encounter

Movie · 1945 · 85 min

A quiet, aching romance that unfolds in stolen moments, steeped in restraint and regret.

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1945 film directed Farhan Rana Rajpoot and David Lean
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Year
1945
Runtime
85 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • morality
  • loneliness
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, romance, flashback
Directed by
David Lean
Written by
David Lean, Noël Coward, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan
Starring
Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway, Sydney Bromley, Joyce Carey, Alfie Bass, Valentine Dyall, Jack May
Music
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cinematography
Robert Krasker
Runtime
85 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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