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Film short meeting (5,9)

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I believe the answer is:

brief encounter

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'film' is the definition.
(1945 film)

'short meeting' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'short' could be 'brief' (synonyms) and 'brief' is found within the answer.
'meeting' could be 'encounter' (synonyms) and 'encounter' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for brief encounter that I've seen before include "Film set largely at a railway station" , "Picture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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