The End of the Affair, set in London during and just after World War II, is the story of a flourishing love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah Miles. After a violent episode at Maurice’s apartment, Sarah suddenly and without explanation breaks off the affair.
Keeping this in consideration, how does the movie The End of the Affair End?
Though Sarah and Bendrix express love to each other, the affair ends abruptly when a V-1 flying bomb explodes near Bendrix’s building as he is out in the hallway. Bendrix falls down a staircase and awakes later, bloodied but not seriously hurt. He walks upstairs, where Sarah is shocked that he is alive.
Additionally, was Graham Greene Catholic?
Greene was an atheist, but was baptised into the Catholic faith in 1926 after meeting his future wife Vivien Dayrell-Browning. They were married on 15 October 1927 at St Mary’s Church, Hampstead, North London. … Late in life, Greene called himself a “Catholic agnostic”.
What does Smythe take away after he views Sarah’s body?
Smythe also has a peculiar set of spots on one of his cheeks, and he very self-consciously tries to hide that cheek when talking to people. After Sarah’s death, the spots miraculously disappear and Smythe tries to tell Bendrix that it was a miracle, but Bendrix refuses to admit it’s more than a coincidence.