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Noel Coward adapted his stage play and David Lean directed this 1945 film, shot during the final days of World War II. The story is told in flashback and involves a married doctor and a married housewife who meet by chance in a London railway station and over time are attracted to one another and eventually fall in love, despite great guilt on the part of each. Condemed at the time in Ireland because of a sympathetic view of adultery, the film is quite tame by today's standards. Rachmaninof's Piano Concerto #2 is used extensively. Crierion has done its usual fine job in the restoration and packaging. There is a good commentary by film historian Bruce Eder.
Recommended.
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Forget me my impudence, but....
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So I like the film.
Yes. As Clark would say. Twice.PS: So did I....
It is tame by today's standards but it is very adult and much more believable than much of what passes for "romantic" in more current films.
I enjoyed the viewpoint that these were "good" people in satisfying relationships that just happened to find each other in a obsessive "romantic" scenerio. They never victimized or glorified thier situation. They were only guilty of being human. What a wonderful movie!
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