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The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair
6.9
/10
637 Ratings

THE END OF THE AFFAIR

Directed by Neil Jordan
United Kingdom, United States, 1999
Drama, Romance

Synopsis

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix’s obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

Synopsis

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix’s obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

Our take

Working from a novel by Graham Greene, the Oscar®-winning director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) captured uncommon emotional complexity for this Oscar® season romance. A delectable period drama that is both intellectual and ravishing, and headlined by Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore.