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Unfaithful

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Movie propaganda

Edward (Richard Gere) and Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) are a wonderfully-maintained middle-aged couple living the American dream. Together with their 8-year-old son, Charlie (Erik Per Sullivan), 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 Paul Martel (Olivier Martinez) 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 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.

Can a marriage so infected by deceit, guilt and anger find a way to recover?

Remake of the 1969 French film La Femme Infidèle.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film thriller romance adultery affair

Persons of interest

Richard Gere .... Edward Sumner
Diane Lane .... Connie Sumner
Erik Per Sullivan .... Charlie Sumner
Olivier Martinez .... Paul Martel
Chad Lowe .... Bill Stone
Margaret Colin .... Sally
William Broyles Junior .... Screenwriter
Susannah Grant .... Screenwriter
Alvin Sargent .... Screenwriter
Stephen Schiff .... Screenwriter
Adrian Lyne .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

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Studios and distributors:

20th Century Fox * New Regency

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Well, wouldn't you?

Olivier Martinez is exactly the kind of man a bored, rich housewife from the suburbs (or any other woman) is going to have a fling with so the question is not so much "Would you?" as "Why wouldn you not?" After that, Unfaithful turns into a murder thriller as the cuckold takes his anger out on "the other man" rather than the adulterer. Men with small penises should never be allowed to marry because they always have problems with trusting their spouses. It's funny how an organ that is hardly ever used is the source of so much anxiety.

Richard Gere plays the square, small-dicked man whose life turns upside-down very well. You might imagine that in real life his beautiful young trophy wife left him for someone else. Diane Lane has just the right measure of passion and guilt. Olivier is sex on legs and could give a woman an orgasm without even touching her. His character is French because Europeans are much more liberated, and sexy, than Americans. The threesome work together well, exposing their flaws and the desires with equal intent. That's good acting and better directing.

Ultimately, however, you'll watch Unfaithful because you want to see Olivier without any clothes on, and you'll get what you want. The death and drama are just sauce added to the pot. Try not to slide off the seat.