The End of the Affair

19991h 42m6.6(284)

RomanceDrama

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.

CountryUnited States of America

GenreRomance, Drama

ReleaseDecember 3, 1999

DirectorNeil Jordan

ProductionColumbia Pictures

CastRalph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea

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