Say goodbye at every fork in the river of life

Marian 2022-03-21 09:02:38

"Brief Encounter" is translated as "Meet Hate Late", this is a movie that stuffs the emotions and situations inside and outside of a love into a train station. It is full, but it can only be full. Packed in a car, as soon as you get to the next station, and then open the door, it all overflows, as if nothing happened.

In fact, instead of saying that it was an encounter outside of Laura and Alec's marriage, it could also be an encounter outside of all our plans. After that, our very different lives, different plans and expectations will urge us. Each returned to the platform that belonged to his own path.

This happens every day.

I regret that when Alec was finally leaving for work in South Africa, he wanted to say goodbye to Laura at the station restaurant, but was interrupted by a friend Laura ran into and had to pretend nothing happened. When the departure time came, Alec put a hand on Laura's shoulder and walked out of the restaurant, which was the way to go.

Sometimes we seem to be very concerned about "goodbye", but what is the difference? In the river of human growth of each individual, they are only reduced to a point at the fork in the road.

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  • Nat 2022-03-29 09:01:06

    Too accurate. I didn't think such violent things could happen to ordinary people.

  • Ida 2022-03-25 09:01:14

    A woman's inner monologue, the director's portrayal is very delicate. Although in my eyes, this is not a regrettable love affair, but more of an emotional sustenance for a lonely woman with some nervousness. Maybe she had met Alec earlier, she would still be at the same train station at the same time period and had to say goodbye to another man.

Brief Encounter quotes

  • Laura Jesson: [Secret thoughts] I felt suddenly quite wildly happy.

  • Laura Jesson: [Secret thoughts] We were very gay during lunch and talked about quite ordinary things.