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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Graham Greene (novel)
Neil Jordan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 December 1999 (Canada) more
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Tagline:
The end was just the beginning.
Plot:
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 22 nominations more
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Love and the spiritual life made beautifully visible. more (151 total)

Cast

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Ralph Fiennes ... Maurice Bendrix

Stephen Rea ... Henry Miles

Julianne Moore ... Sarah Miles
Heather-Jay Jones ... Henry's Maid (as Heather Jay Jones)
James Bolam ... Mr. Savage
Ian Hart ... Mr. Parkis
Sam Bould ... Lance Parkis (as Samuel Bould)
Cyril Shaps ... Waiter
Penny Morrell ... Bendrix's Landlady
Simon Fisher-Turner ... Doctor Gilbert (as Dr. Simon Turner)

Jason Isaacs ... Father Richard Smythe
Deborah Findlay ... Miss Smythe
Nicholas Hewetson ... Chief Warden
Jack McKenzie ... Chief Engineer
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for scenes of strong sexuality.
Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Subject of David Sedaris' story (of the same name) in his 2004 book "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim." more
Quotes:
Maurice: Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all drapply individual. Now what can one write about happiness? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Life Begins at Oxford Circus more

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Love and the spiritual life made beautifully visible., 8 January 2003
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Author: Peegee-3 (poetsrx@webtv.net) from Santa Monica, CA

Love and the spiritual (i.e. inner) life have rarely been better portrayed! Graham Greene's novel has been translated to cinematic imagery with an almost religious devotion. It isn't easy to make profound and meaningful experience so immediate and felt as this film does. Watching it on video...a second viewing...I was even more deeply moved than the first time around.

Julianne Moore, very much on the big screen these days (and for good reason), gives another of her splendid performances, this time as Sarah Miles, a middle-class English woman, married to a good, but dull man who takes her for granted. Her encounter with Maurice Bendrix (played to a T by the consummate actor, Ralph Fiennes) is electric and sets in motion an affair of deep consequence...for all three people involved. Stephan Rea as Henry Miles, Sarah's husband, trapped in his desire, but inability to fulfill the emotional and sexual needs of his much-loved wife, is another convincing and touching portrayal.

The spiritual aspects expressed in the film, reflect the life-long struggle of Grahame between his Catholicism and his doubts. The deep pulls of each character toward both personal and impersonal love give the film a dimension and an honesty that reward the "participant" (for that's how potent the film is) with an indelible human experience.

To Neil Jordan, the director, my wholehearted gratitude for his sensitive, nuanced presentation of this beautiful film.

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