| Synopsis: Based on Noël Coward's play "Still Life," Brief Encounter is a romantic, bittersweet drama about two married people who meet by chance in a London railway station and carry on an intense love affair. Sentimental yet down-to-earth and set in pre-World War II England, the film follows British housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson), who is on her way home, but catches a cinder in her eye. By chance, she meets Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard), who removes it for her. The two talk for a few minutes and ... Full Synopsis DVD Info MPAA Rating:Unknown Distributed By (Studio):MGM Brief Encounter [Criterion Collection] Essential Art House: Brief Encounter [Criterion Collection] | |