Directed by Neil Jordan. Screenplay written by Neil Jordan, based on the novel by Graham Greeene.

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 happily 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.

Cast

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