Brief Encounter (1974 film) Brief Encounter (1974 film) Brief Encounter is a 1974 British-Italian television film starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren, adapted from the play "Still Life" by Noël Coward. The plot of the film is about two strangers, both married to others, who meet in a railway station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair. The material was previously the basis for the David Lean film "Brief Encounter" (1945). Burton was cast at the last moment, after Robert Shaw dropped out. The film had its premiere on U.S. television on 12 November 1974 as part of the "Hallmark Hall of
Still (film) Still (film) Still is a 2014 British drama film written and directed by Simon Blake, adapted from his play "Lazarus Man". It stars Aidan Gillen as a grieving father who comes into confrontation with a youth gang in London. It premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in July 2014, winning Best International 1st Feature Film and was released in the UK in May 2015. Director Simon Blake also won Best Director at the London Independent Film Festival in 2015. "Still" was nominated for the Roger Ebert Award at the Chicago International Film Festival] 2014. Rotten Tomatoes assigned it an approval