Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham:
- "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke;
- "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae;
- "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler.
It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio. The film was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
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Encore, encore, encore les dieux . . .”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)