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) his son, but it's also a surprisingly, extremely competent film from first-time director Simon Blake." According to Indie Outlook, 'Still" was one of the festivals 6 films to look out for, suggesting that Simon Blake "draws connections between gang culture and indifferent parenting without becoming preachy, allowing provocative themes to emerge organically through the story itself." 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