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"Based on the novel by Graham Greene. Set in Europe during and after WWII, a man runs into the husband of an ex-lover and the relationship is rekindled."
"Londres, 1939. Invité chez le haut fonctionnaire Henry Miles, l'écrivain Maurice Bendrix fait la connaissance de Sarah, l'épouse de son hôte. Celle-ci tombe aussitôt amoureuse du romancier, qui devient son amant. Mais en 1944, au plus fort des bombardements allemands, Sarah décide de mettre abruptement fin à leur liaison. Deux ans plus tard, Bendrix rencontre Henry qui lui confie ses craintes d'être trompé par Sarah. Aigri et jaloux, l'écrivain engage alors un détective privé pour enquêter sur son ancienne maîtresse et découvrir pourquoi elle a rompu avec lui."
"In post-WWII England, an American writer hires a private detective to learn why his mistress ended their adulterous affair so abruptly."
""A passionate woman trapped in a sterile marriage, Sarah Miles (Moore) is immediately and irresistably attracted to the handsome young novelist, Maurice Bendrix (Fiennes) when they meet at a party given by Sarah's worthy but dull civil servant husband, Henry (Rea). They begin a passionate, illicit and sexually liberating love affair. After five intense and passion-fuelled years, Sarah abruptly walks out of Maurice's life with no explanation, leaving him utterly bereft. Two years later, Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry. His obsession with Sarah rekindled, he succumbs to his jealousy and arranges to have her followed by a private detective, Mr Parkis (Ian Hart). Haunted by memories of their affair, he re-enters her life in a desperate attempt to solve the mystery surrounding the end of the affair..." --Container."
"In 1939 war-torn London, their attraction is instant and the two begin a passionate, illicit affair. Their love seems as powerful as the bombs exploding around them, until the day Sarah suddenly and mysteriously walks out of Maurice's life."@en
"SUMMARY: "On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Stephen Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Julianne Moore), 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. As the investigation progresses, we learn the reason for their separation. During a bombing raid, Sarah struck a bargain with God to sacrifice their relationship-in exchange for Bendrix's life. When Bendrix reappears in her life, Sarah realizes that her promise to God has become impossible for her to keep." IMDB"
"A married woman who loves her husband, but shares no intimacy with him, begins a torrid affair which she ends suddenly. Her lover is compelled to discover why she ended it."
"Het Duitse bombardement op Londen in 1940 heeft een ingrijpend effect op de verhouding tussen een schrijver met een getrouwde vrouw."
"In England during World War II, an American writer and the bored wife of a British civil servant fall in love. Then she mysteriously ends the affair."@en
"In England during World War II, an American writer and the bored wife of a British civil servant fall in love. Then she mysteriously ends the affair."
"Feature film from the UK. Drama. A story of a man's obsession for a former lover that is rekindled after a chance meeting."
"Sarah Miles, una mujer apasionada atrapada en un matrimonio estéril, conoce al novelista Maurice Bendix durante una fiesta que da su marido, Henri, un respetable pero poco interesante funcionario de Estado. Comienzan un apasionado, ilícito y sexualmente liberado romance. Pero durante el bombardeo alemán de Londres, la casa de Bendrix es alcanzada por una bomba mientras que la pareja está en la cama y él casi muere durante el bombardeo. Inexplicablemente y sin aviso previo, Sarah rompe la relación."
"On a rainy night in London in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with the husband of an ex-lover. The obsession is rekindled and it soon becomes obvious why the affair had ended two years earlier and involving a pact with God."@en