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Programme Information

Mark Rylance is a barman in a nightclub, separated from his wife and family, who enters into a solely sexual relationship with Kerry Fox. But one day, after their weekly erotic encounter, he follows her and discovers she's married to cabbie Timothy Spall. Befriending him, Rylance tells him of his affair with a married woman without mentioning her name but Fox, already tiring of the affair, finds out and her anger knows no bounds. Patrice Cherau's first English language film examines the lives of two people bound together by extreme emotional ties and the damage they cause to each other and those around them.

Keywords:

Adult, Drama, Sex, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Nudity

Additional Information:

(2000) (3 Star)

Cast:

Mark Rylance	.... Jay
Kerry Fox	.... Claire
Susannah Harker	.... Susan Jay's wife
Alastair Galbraith	.... Victor
Philippe Calvario	.... Ian
Timothy Spall	.... Andy

Supporting Cast:

Marianne Faithfull	.... Betty
Fraser Ayres	.... Dave
Michael Fitzgerald	.... Bar owner
Robert Addie	.... Bar owner
Deborah McLaren	.... Student at the drama school
Rebecca R. Palmer	.... Pam
Greg Sheffield	.... Jay's son
Vinnie Hunter	.... Jay's son
Joe Prospero	.... Luke Claire's son

Directors:

Patrice Chéreau

Writers:

Hanif Kureishi
Anne-Louise Trividic