Edward and Connie Sumner are a wonderfully maintained middle-aged couple living the American dream. Together with their eight year-old son, a dog and a housekeeper, they share an enviable life in the suburbs of New York City. But no life goes unchallenged: This happy marriage, dampened by the routines of affluence, falls prey to an outsider when Connie has a fateful collision with a stranger on a Soho street.

It's an encounter which assaults her with mystery, spontaneity, charm and risk. It will pull Connie into an affair which will become her obsession. When Edward innocently learns that his wife has lied to him, suspicion propels him to to uncover the devastating details of her infidelity. Tormented by the knowledge, he confronts her lover, only to discover a level of rage within himself that he could never have imagined.

Directed by
Adrian Lyne

Cast
Richard Gere - Edward Sumner
Diane Lane - Connie Sumner
Olivier Martinez - Paul Martel
Chad Lowe - Phil Stone
Dominic Chianese - Frank Wilson
Erik Per Sullivan - Charlie Sumner
Myra Lucretia - Taylor Gloria
Michelle Monaghan - Lindsay
Joseph Badalucco Jr - Conductor
Erich E Anderson - Bob Gaylord

Production Co.
Kopelson Entertainment
New Regency Productions

Produced by
Pierre-Richard Muller
Lawrence Steven Meyers
Arnon Milchan

Studio
Regency Enterprises
Fox 2000

Writer
Claude Chabrol
Alvin Sargent

Music
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek