brief encounter be a ghastly and pointless remake of the 1945 david lean classic and which be base on noel coward play still life . a doctor remove a particle of grit from a woman eye at a railway station and he be in a miserable relationship and she be happily marry social worker of italian ancestry . they meet by accident on another occasion and form an instant attraction and arrange to meet each other every wednesday . the pair fall in love and but after spend a few afternoon together they realise that they have no realistic chance of happiness and agree to part . coward original one act play concern two ordinary people who fall in love . sophia loren and richard burton and two super star and veteran of hollywood epic and be nobody idea of ordinary people . loren in particular be miscast sophia loren in full make up and look like a million dollar and work a a part time voluntary social worker at a citizen advice bureau just doesn not ring true . burton and look haggard and with dyed hair and too much make up and wear platform shoe and doesn not come across a your average general practitioner . that say and you can not really blame them for have an affair after see their spouse . burton be marry to a literary critic who spend her evening pen poisonous review and who treat her husband with total contempt . loren husband and jack hedley and potter around the house all day and be terminally boring represent the most exciting thing he have ever do be nearly have an affair six year previous . their final scene together will induce nausea and ( you have be a long and long way away and etc . ) . that great british jobbing actor and john lemesurier and have a three minute cameo a burton friend and and appear to be slightly inebriate and speak his line in a barely audible voice . it a sad and forgettable performance in a dismal and awful rehash of a cinema classic . avoid at all cost .