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Plot Summary
After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) enter into a muted but passionate, ultimately doomed, love affair. With its evocatively fog-enshrouded setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for an Oscar for her role), David Lean’s film of Noël Coward’s play Still Life deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance, and has influenced many a cinematic brief encounter since its release.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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88%- Reviews Counted: 32
- Fresh: 28
- Rotten: 4
- Average Rating: 8.2/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: An uncommonly good little picture -- and one which is frankly designed to appeal to that group of film-goers who are provoked by the 'usual movie tripe.'
Fresh: Cyril Raymond manages to invest the stodgy character with a lovable quality.
Fresh: Sheer perfection-the gold standard of tragic romances whose influence can still be seen to this day.
Fresh: David Lean paints heartbreak with perfect decorum.
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