The End of the Affair (1999 film)
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| Directed by | Neil Jordan |
| Produced by | Neil Jordan Stephen Woolley |
| Written by | Neil Jordan |
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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene |
| Starring |
Ralph Fiennes Julianne Moore Stephen Rea |
| Music by | Michael Nyman |
| Cinematography | Roger Pratt |
| Edited by | Tony Lawson |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23 million |
| Box office | $10,827,816 |
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| Soundtrack album by Michael Nyman | ||||
| Released | 7 December 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 10–17 August and 6 October 1999, Whitfield Street Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack, Contemporary classical, Minimalist music | |||
| Length | 46:41 | |||
| Label | Sony Classical | |||
| Producer | Cameron Allen | |||
| Michael Nyman chronology | ||||
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The End of the Affair is a 1999 drama film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore and Stephen Rea.
The film is based on The End of the Affair, a 1951 novel by British author Graham Greene, which had been adapted as a film in 1955 with Deborah Kerr.
Novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) narrates the film as he begins a book with the line "This is a diary of hate."
On a rainy London night in 1946, Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Stephen Rea), husband of his former mistress Sarah (Julianne Moore), who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled: he succumbs to his own jealousy and works his way back into her life.
As the story unfolds in 1946, we also see flashbacks of Bendrix with Sarah as they began their affair during World War II. Henry tells Bendrix that he believes Sarah is having an affair, so Bendrix hires the bumbling but amiable Parkis (Ian Hart), who uses his young birthmarked son (Sam Bould) to investigate. Sarah asks Bendrix to meet to talk about Henry and the cold tentativeness of their interaction is contrasted with the passion of their earlier encounters.
Bendrix learns from Parkis that Sarah has been making regular visits to a priest (Jason Isaacs) under the guise of false dentist visits and he grows increasingly jealous. Flashbacks show Bendrix expressing jealousy of Henry and asking Sarah to leave him.
Though Sarah and Bendrix express love to each other, the affair ends abruptly when a V-1 flying bomb explodes near Bendrix's building as he is out in the hallway. Bendrix falls down a staircase and awakes later, bloodied but not seriously hurt. He walks upstairs, where Sarah is shocked that he is alive. Bendrix accuses Sarah of being disappointed that he survived and she leaves, telling him "Love doesn't end, just because we don't see each other."
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