The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair is a 1999 film about a novelist who has an affair with his friend's wife and becomes obsessed with her after she suddenly and inexplicably ends their affair.
 * Directed by Neil Jordan. Screenplay written by Neil Jordan, based on the novel by Graham Greene.

The end was just the beginning.

Maurice Bendrix

 * I hate you, God. I hate you as though you existed.
 * To be is to be perceived.
 * I am a jealous man.
 * You have to understand. I'm jealous of everything that moves. I'm jealous of the rain!
 * Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all drably individual. But what can one write about happiness?

Sarah

 * I had tempted fate, and fate had accepted.
 * Tell Him I'm sorry. I'm too human. Too weak. Tell Him I can't keep my promises. I'm tired of being without you.
 * You see I never stopped loving you, even though I couldn't see you.
 * I've only made two promises in my life. One was to marry Henry, the other is to stop seeing you. And I'm too weak to keep either.

Dialogue

 * Maurice Bendrix: I'm jealous of this stocking.
 * Sarah Miles: Why?
 * Maurice Bendrix: Because it does what I can't. Kisses your whole leg. And I'm jealous of this button.
 * Sarah Miles: Poor, innocent button.
 * Maurice Bendrix: It's not innocent at all. It's with you all day. I'm not.
 * Sarah Miles: I suppose you're jealous of my shoes?
 * Maurice Bendrix: Yes.
 * Sarah Miles: Why?
 * Maurice Bendrix: Because they'll take you away from me.


 * Sarah: Love doesn't end, just because we don't see each other.
 * Maurice Bendrix: Doesn't it?
 * Sarah: People go on loving God, don't they? All their lives. Without seeing him.
 * Maurice Bendrix: That's not my kind of love.
 * Sarah: Maybe there is no other kind.


 * Sarah: Are you on a new book?
 * Maurice Bendrix: Of course.
 * Sarah: It's not about us, is it? The one you threatened to write?
 * Maurice Bendrix: A book takes a year to write. It's too hard work for revenge.
 * Sarah: If only you knew how little you had to revenge.
 * Maurice Bendrix: I'm joking. We are adults. We knew it had to end some time. Now we can have lunch and talk about your husband.

Taglines

 * The end was just the beginning.

Cast

 * Ralph Fiennes — Maurice Bendrix
 * Julianne Moore — Sarah Miles
 * Stephen Rea — Henry Miles