Richard Seymour

The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.

Set on a steam-shrouded railway station and shot in high-contrast black and white, Richard Kwietniowski's film lovingly twists David Lean's stiff-upper-lipped romance Brief Encounter into a rich and witty contemporary melodrama, with two devilishly handsome young men standing in for Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.

The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.