A desperate man tries to find out why his beloved left him years ago.A desperate man tries to find out why his beloved left him years ago.A desperate man tries to find out why his beloved left him years ago.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 wins & 29 nominations total
Heather-Jay Jones
- Henry's Maid
- (as Heather Jay Jones)
Sam Bould
- Lance Parkis
- (as Samuel Bould)
Simon Fisher-Turner
- Doctor Gilbert
- (as Dr. Simon Turner)
Claire Ashton
- Brighton Fair-Goer
- (uncredited)
Jeremy Caleb Johnson
- Bystander
- (uncredited)
Anthony Maddalena
- Vicar on Train
- (uncredited)
Nic Main
- Commanding Officer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaMiranda Richardson and Kristin Scott Thomas were both considered for the role of Sarah Miles, before Julianne Moore personally wrote a letter to director Neil Jordan, asking for the part in the film. Her method worked, and she was offered the role.
- GoofsWhen Mr. Parkis enters the apartment and Bendrix is shaving, the shaving cream changes more than once between the various edits.
- Quotes
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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Behind the Passion (1999)
- SoundtracksHurry Home
Written by Joseph Meyer, Robert D. Emmerich and Buddy Bernier
Performed by Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra (as Ambrose and His Orchestra)
Sung by Denny Dennis
Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd.
Under license from The Film and TV Licensing Division of The Universal Music Group
Featured review
Both sides of the coin
Warning! This review is unabashedly sentimental.
I first saw this film in the midst of the strongest love affair of my life and thought it was a beautiful love story, with beautiful actors and beautiful music. I loved it because I was in love and it reinforced all those wonderful feelings.
Then, almost masochistically, I rented it after the break-up of that same four year long romance and I loved it then as well for entirely opposing reasons. I could feel the bitterness of how cruel love can be when it's been taken away. Maurice Bendrix (sp?) became my sympathetic friend. I could feel why he pulled his hand away at the table -- too painful and too dangerous. Whereas when I saw it the first time, I just thought, "That cold b*stard! Why does he want to hurt her?" I felt his frustration at trying to slay a beast without a face. He didn't hate anyone or anything except his own awareness of the realities of love.
The book and this successful cinematic adaptation paint the whole picture... 360 degrees. And I think it works from all the different perspectives. Love is the most wonderful emotion but it can also carry as much danger along with it as hate can. And there's no way to completely be in love, your guard let completely down, without risking your neck. If Bendrix could do it all again, would he do anything differently? Would he have stopped himself from falling in love with Sarah? Could he have stopped himself?
I still appreciated many of the same things as I did the first time -- the acting of the leads and the strong supporting cast, the warm beautiful interior shots, the way the plot untwists ... but other things came to forefront on second viewing that slipped by the first time -- Maurice's little flashbacks on the stairway (god, that's just how it is) and the music! It seemed so benignly beautiful the first time I saw it, but it became almost too painfully intrusive the second time.
Maybe I'll watch it again when I get a more neutral perspective on the whole matter. I wonder if we ever have that when it comes to love.
I first saw this film in the midst of the strongest love affair of my life and thought it was a beautiful love story, with beautiful actors and beautiful music. I loved it because I was in love and it reinforced all those wonderful feelings.
Then, almost masochistically, I rented it after the break-up of that same four year long romance and I loved it then as well for entirely opposing reasons. I could feel the bitterness of how cruel love can be when it's been taken away. Maurice Bendrix (sp?) became my sympathetic friend. I could feel why he pulled his hand away at the table -- too painful and too dangerous. Whereas when I saw it the first time, I just thought, "That cold b*stard! Why does he want to hurt her?" I felt his frustration at trying to slay a beast without a face. He didn't hate anyone or anything except his own awareness of the realities of love.
The book and this successful cinematic adaptation paint the whole picture... 360 degrees. And I think it works from all the different perspectives. Love is the most wonderful emotion but it can also carry as much danger along with it as hate can. And there's no way to completely be in love, your guard let completely down, without risking your neck. If Bendrix could do it all again, would he do anything differently? Would he have stopped himself from falling in love with Sarah? Could he have stopped himself?
I still appreciated many of the same things as I did the first time -- the acting of the leads and the strong supporting cast, the warm beautiful interior shots, the way the plot untwists ... but other things came to forefront on second viewing that slipped by the first time -- Maurice's little flashbacks on the stairway (god, that's just how it is) and the music! It seemed so benignly beautiful the first time I saw it, but it became almost too painfully intrusive the second time.
Maybe I'll watch it again when I get a more neutral perspective on the whole matter. I wonder if we ever have that when it comes to love.
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- Mar 28, 2001
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- Also known as
- El ocaso de un amor
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- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,827,816
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $198,535
- Dec 5, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $10,827,816
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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