Question: Who directed the British romantic drama film which Life in a... Metro general plot and a number of characters are based on 
Sentence (from "Brief Encounter"): Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean about British suburban life on the eve of World War 2, centering on Laura, a married woman with children, whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated because of a chance meeting at a railway station with a stranger, Alec.
Relevant evidence: Yes