Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter
BRIEF ENCOUNTER. Groundbreaking classic 1945 British film directed by David Lean, screenplay by Noel Coward, which centres around the morals of a brief "real love" affair between a married woman Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) and her lover Dr Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard) on a train journey. It was based on Cowards 1936 one-act play "Still Life". The soundtrack prominently features the Piano Concerto No2 by Rachmaninoff played by Eileen Joyce. Trevor Howard died aged 74 on January 7th 1988. Celia Johnson died aged 73 on April 26th 1982.