Unfaithful (2002)

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers:

Claude Chabrol (film "La Femme infidèle"), Alvin Sargent (screenplay),

Stars:

Diane Lane, Erik Per Sullivan, Richard Gere

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Diane Lane	...	Connie Sumner
Erik Per Sullivan	...	Charlie Sumner
Richard Gere	...	Ed Sumner
Olivier Martinez	...	Paul Martel
Myra Lucretia Taylor	...	Gloria
Michelle Monaghan	...	Lindsay
Chad Lowe	...	Bill Stone
Joseph Badalucco Jr.	...	Train conductor
Erich Anderson	...	Bob Gaylord
Damon Gupton	...	Other businessman
Kate Burton	...	Tracy
Margaret Colin	...	Sally
Marc Forget	...	Café bartender
Larry Gleason	...	Tim
Dominic Chianese	...	Frank Wilson

Storyline

Connie Sumner has a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a wonderful son, but she wants more. When she's approached one day by a handsome stranger while trying to hail a taxi, she becomes obsessed with him and eventually starts an affair. But her selfish actions soon catch up with her...

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Plot Keywords:

taxi | infidelity | turkey | telephone | dysfunctional marriage | 

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Taglines:

Where do you go when you've gone too far?

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, language and a scene of violence

Details

Country:

USA Germany France

Language:

English French

Release Date:

10 May 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Infidelidad

Filming Locations:

Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$309,430 (Japan) (17 January 2003)

Gross:

$1,704,384 (Japan) (31 January 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox 2000 Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Epsilon Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene where Connie rides the train home after her first sexual encounter with Paul, and silently remembers the encounter, was filmed in one continuous take. The camera simply stayed on Diane Lane as she went through a series of expressions, and then the scene was cut and edited together.

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Goofs

When Connie and Paul fall down together on the windy day they meet the "sidewalk" (crash mat) is being blown about by the wind.

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Quotes

Paul: [reading from a Braille book] "My mother makes me chicken. Her chicken makes me cough. I wish that when she made it, she at least took the feathers off."

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Connections

Featured in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Exit Music (For a Film)"
Written by Thom Yorke (as Thomas Yorke), Edward O'Brien, Colin Greenwood,
Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway (as Philip Selway)
Performed by Brad Mehldau
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

A summer blockbuster for adults

Adrian Lyne has succuced once again in making a film about the consquences of an affair. While the trailer leads you to belive the film is like Fatal Attraction it's nothing like it. The acting by Richard Gere is some of his best work in a long time, but the tour deforce performance in he movie belongs to Diane Lane. Lane gives an Oscar worthy performace as the wife of Gere. Diane Lane sexuality in the film is so sensual and awe insprining I would cheat with her my damn self. I highly reccomned this film.