Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Alternative titles: Brief Encounter | Breve encuentro | Lo que no fué | Begegnung | Desencanto | Кратка среща | Brève Rencontre | Det korte møde | Lyhyt onni | Brève rencontre | Syntomi synantisi | Syntomi synantisis | Σύντομη συνάντηση | Σύντομη συνάντησις | Késői találkozás | Breve incontro | 逢びき（1945） | Lo que no fue | Kort møte | Spotkanie | Breve Encontro | Scurta întâlnire | Короткая встреча | Kratak susret | Puto najsilnejsie | Bežno srečanje | Breu encontre | Kort möte | 相見恨晚 | Kısa Tesadüfler | Коротка зустріч | Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter | Tình Như Thoáng Mây