Brief Encounter

     

Brief Encounter1945

Director: n/a
Stars: Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 220 minutes

To many, Brief Encounter may seem like a relic of more proper times--or, specifically, more properly British times--when the pressures of marital decorum and fidelity were perhaps more keenly felt. In truth, David Lean's fourth film remains a timele… more »


Laura Jesson:
This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long. There'll come a time in the future when I shan't mind about this anymore, when I can look back and say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was. No, no, I don't want that time to come ever. I want to remember every minute, always, always to the end of my days.

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