Dir: David Lean | UK | 1945 | 87 mins

Cast | Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Cyril Raymond

Back on screens for its 80th anniversary, David Lean’s Brief Encounter (scripted by Noel Coward) is one of the most powerfully romantic films of all time, capturing all the headiness, intense longing and emotional volatility of forbidden love. 

Celia Johnson is Laura, a housewife and mother who meets doctor Alec (Trevor Howard) by happenstance at a railway station. As their acquaintance grows, so too does their unexpected attraction; but both are married. Unexpectedly and desperately in love, they must choose if they will be together or apart. Filmed in 1945, Brief Encounter is an undoubted period piece but so beautifully made and performed (and backed by a famously passionate Rachmaninoff score) that it remains utterly timeless. 

Friday 21 March

Thursday 27 March

Guildhall Cinema Pricing:

We are applying a set of flat prices on all our films* so you always know how much it'll be to experience an amazing piece of Cinema at Guildhall. You can choose from three set prices:

£11 Standard + Donation
Choosing this price enables us to maintain our Open Concession ticket price. It includes a Standard ticket as well as an additional payment that we will use to maintain our accessible tickets.

£8.50 Standard
Our Standard ticket, always £8.50.

£6 Open Concession
Not everyone can access cinema at our standard price, so we are offering an Open Concession, where you can purchase a ticket at a reduced price if you need to. No need to prove why you need a reduced price ticket.

Access: We offer free Carer / Assistance tickets. Please contact the Guildhall Box Office (01452 503050) to book these.

*A 5% booking fee is applied at checkout. Event cinema and special film events are priced separately.