Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Brief Encounter (The Criterion Collection) (1946) Rating: Starring: Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Margaret Barton, Joyce Carey, Everly Gregg, Stanley Holloway, Marjorie Mars, Cyril Raymond Director: David Lean Category: Drama, Classic Studio: Criterion Subtitles: English Length: 86 mins     Adapting Noel Coward's play Still Life, legendary filmmaker David Lean deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of illicit romance during the dour, gray Britain of 1945.From a chance meeting on a train platform, a middle-aged married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) enter into a quietly passionate, ultimately doomed love affair set to a swirling Rachmaninoff score.               Critic's Reviews Nick Hilditch BBC Read Review Christopher Null FilmCritic.com Read Review Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews Read Review