Enduring Love

Enduring Love is a 2004 British movie directed by Roger Michell. Based on Ian McEwan's best-selling novel of the same name, the movie is a story of love, faith and suspense, and how life can change in an instant.The story is about two strangers who become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident.

Plot

On a beautiful cloudless day, a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe Rose (played by Daniel Craig) and his girlfriend Claire (Samantha Morton) are about to open a bottle of champagne when a cry interrupts them. A hot-air balloon with a child in the basket and an adult being dragged behind it has been ripped from its moorings. Joe immediately joins in with an effort to bring the balloon to safety, but in the ensuing rescue attempt a man is killed. Witness to this tragic accident is bystander, Jed Parry (Rhys Ifans). Joe and Jed exchange a passing glance – a glance which carries devastating consequences and which indelibly burns an obsession into Jed's soul. Delusional and dangerous, Jed's fixation gradually uproots Joe's life; testing the lmits of his beloved rationalism, threatening the love of Claire and driving him to the brink of murder and madness. Tagline: An extraordinary event brought them together. A deadly obsession will tear them apart.

Differences between the novel and the film

The film and the book differ slightly, the most obvious change being the renaming of Joe's love interest, Clarissa Mellon, to Claire, and the change in her position from common-law wife to girlfriend. The character is now a sculptor instead of the Keats scholar she was. Joe's profession has changed from science writer to school teacher, and Jed Parry is no longer living a life of comfort on his inherited wealth.

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