Master of the Epic: David Lean remembered
Brief Encounter (1945) The housewife who engages in an affair to alleviate the monotony of domestic life is a central character in countless films. In Brief Encounter, David Lean revisits her again: Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) comfortably conforms to the role of a 1930s homemaker until she falls uncontrollably in love with Alec Harvey (Trevor […]