Nearly 80 years after it was made, there are still so many things to love about this great English love story…
The setting of the railway station – pure cinema! The score, Rachmaninoff’s violent and dramatic piano concerto no. 2, saying everything the characters try to keep hidden. The chemistry between Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, two actors who are always brilliant, but never better than here. David Lean, that great English Director, bringing his talent for large scale epics down to an intimate scale.
It’s a film that begins with the end. Johnson’s wide, expressive eyes, taking you into the torment at the heart of the would-be lover’s dilemma.
