Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 05/10/2002(USA)
Release Date: 12/17/2002
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DS
Run Time: 124 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Diane Lane is a wayward wife and
Richard Gere is her suspicious husband in
Adrian Lyne's
Unfaithful.
Connie (
Lane) leaves her suburban home on an errand, venturing into Manhattan during a wicked windstorm. On a trash-strewn Soho street, she literally runs into
Paul Martel (
Olivier Martinez), a handsome young Frenchman carrying a huge stack of books.
Connie has a bad scrape on her knee, and is unable to get a cab, so
Paul invites her up to his apartment.
Paul is quietly flirtatious as he gives
Connie some ice and a bandage for her knee.
Connie phones home and explains to her son,
Charlie (
Erik Per Sullivan), that she's running late. Before she leaves,
Paul gives her a book of Persian poetry,
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. She mentions the encounter in passing to
Edward (
Gere), her husband, but it's clear that she's obsessing about
Paul, and soon she's back in the city, with a pretext for calling him up. Soon, they are lovers, and they grow bolder and bolder in their passion.
Edward begins to suspect, and eventually gets a private investigator (
Dominic Chianese of
The Sopranos) to follow
Connie. His worst fears confirmed,
Edward decides to confront
Paul, a decision that will come to haunt him. While the screenplay for
Unfaithful is credited to
Alvin Sargent (
Ordinary People) and
William Broyles Jr. (
Cast Away), the inspiration for
Lyne's film came from
Claude Chabrol's acclaimed 1969 film
La Femme Infidele.
~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
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