The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

The end was just the beginning.

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Release Date

12/3/1999

Runtime

102 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$23,000,000

Revenue

$10,827,816

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A haunting portrait of desire and regret set in post-war London, where a man's obsessive spiral into investigating an old lover's disappearance becomes a meditation on what we cannot possess or understand about those we've loved.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetWistful

Themes

LoveObsessionBetrayalGriefFaith

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

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Structure

Framed flashback

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