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The Passionate Friends is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean and starring Ann Todd, Claude Rains and Trevor Howard. The film is based on The Passionate Friends: A Novel (1913) by H. G. Wells. It describes a love triangle in which a woman cannot give up her affair with another man.
The Passionate Friends: Directed by David Lean. With Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Betty Ann Davies. A woman meets a man whose love she rejected years ago.
Jul 3, 2008 · A married woman has one last fling with her childhood sweetheart in The Passionate Friends (1949), which was based on a novel by H.G. Wells and directed by David Lean.
The Passionate Friends (1949) Mary Justin arrives in Switzerland in 1948 to meet her husband. By chance, staying in the hotel room next to theirs is her former love, Steven Stratton.
David Lean's The Passionate Friends masterfully explores love, longing, and the intricate dance of human emotions. With impeccable performances, the film presents a poignant narrative that examines societal constraints and the complexity of personal desire.
In postwar London, Mary Justin (Ann Todd) runs into university lecturer Professor Steve Stratton (Trevor Howard), the true love of her life from when they were young. She is now married to a Treasury financier having opted for a safe, secure and affectionate relationship, but the meeting rekindles the past for a while.
Adapted from a novel by H. G. Wells, THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS follows Mary Justin (Ann Todd), who years ago gave up romance with Steven Stratton (Trevor Howard) for a comfortable but routine marriage to Howard (Claude Rains in one of his finest performances).
