Brief Encounter

Rodrigo 2022-04-19 09:02:33

Sula has a happy family: a respectful husband and a very lovely son. She lives on the outskirts of London, and takes the train to the market near Milderford station every Thursday to buy a week's worth of supplies. However, on a Thursday evening, Sulla, who was waiting in the station waiting room as usual, was fascinated by a grain of coal. When she saw it, when she was helpless, a middle-aged male doctor who was waiting for another bus to return home warmly and dexterously relieved her pain. At this time a week later, Laura accidentally met him again at the station snack bar. After several wonderful encounters, Laura's mood was quietly changing: on Thursday, she hurried to the place where she last met. . The two went for a walk and boating in the park together. An indescribable pleasure filled Laura's heart. Laura couldn't help herself. Alec took him to the house of a friend who did not return. When the stream was about to break through the bank of reason, the door suddenly rang - the master came back. As Laura scurried through the back door, she felt it was all over; she hesitated to tell her husband. Thursday came again, and she was in town as usual and met him again at the station snack bar. Also suffering from emotional entanglement, he told her that he was about to leave for Africa to socialize and practice medicine. They drank tea thoughtfully, until Alec's train came in, and Laura looked hopelessly at the passing train and returned home with a sense of loss, her caring husband greeted her with the look of knowing and Uninformed.
The film depicts two people who are not good at disturbing extramarital affairs.
During World War II, two strangers met at the station, and a brief but fiery affair broke out. They are all middle-aged, and both belong to the middle class, but their relationship is like a storm. Laura has a happy family. On a Thursday night, she was waiting in the station waiting room as usual. Coal dust caught her eye, and the middle-aged male doctor who was waiting for another bus to return home warmly and deftly took care of her. Pain relieved. At this time a week later, the two accidentally met again, so they gradually increased the chance of contact, and then a relationship developed, but troubles followed.

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  • Rubie 2022-04-22 07:01:42

    Very classical love. The narrative is wonderful, and the film language is relatively mature. Black and white images are really fascinating.

  • Julien 2022-04-24 07:01:17

    In the 1945 ethical film about infidelity in marriage, David Lean can tell the story from the perspective of women, and escape from the traditional moral judgment. Inner world. The yearning for love, the responsibility for married life, these persistent problems still afflict this woman. Simply put, the story is just an emotional story about an ordinary woman, and that's what makes it so powerful.

Brief Encounter quotes

  • Fred Jesson: Whatever your dream was, it wasn't a very happy one, was it?

  • Dolly Messiter: My dear, what a nice looking man. Who on earth is he? Really, you're quite a dark horse. I shall telephone Fred in the morning and make mischief.

    [Ha-ha]