Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) travels to New York City from the suburban home she shares with her husband Edward (Richard Gere) and young son Charlie (Erik Per Sullivan). It is a very windy day and, caught by a particularly savage gust, Connie falls and bumps into bookseller Paul Martel (Olivier Martinez) in the process. She .. Read more
| Starring | Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Eric Per Sullivan, Olivier Martinez |
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| Director | Adrian Lyne |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) travels to New York City from the suburban home she shares with her husband Edward (Richard Gere) and young son Charlie (Erik Per Sullivan). It is a very windy day and, caught by a particularly savage gust, Connie falls and bumps into bookseller Paul Martel (Olivier Martinez) in the process. She scrapes her knees, and Paul invites her into his apartment. She stays only briefly, leaving after attending to her knees. She passes the accident off as trivial to Edward, but she is drawn to the younger man and soon returns to his apartment with eventually disastrous results.
UNFAITHFUL is based on Claude Chabrol's classic UNE FEMME INFIDELE (1969). The drama has been shifted from Paris to New York City by scriptwriters Alvin Sargent and William Broyles Jr. Beautifully lit by director of photography Peter Biziou, UNFAITHFUL is staged with rare subtlety by director Adrian Lyne. Diane Lane gives an extraordinarily fine performance, viscerally conveying how torn Connie is between her attraction for Paul and her love for Edward and Charlie. There is excellent support from Gere, Martinez, Sullivan and Zeljko Ivanek. UNFAITHFUL is the rare case of a remake that measures up to, and maybe even surpasses, the original.
| Starring | Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Eric Per Sullivan, Olivier Martinez, Zeljko Ivanek, Dominic Chianese, Chad Lowe |
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| Director | Adrian Lyne |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 06 Jan 2003 |
Effective drama, though it falls short of Chabrol's original film; it is notable for Diane Lane's performance as the adulterous wife.
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i found this film to be slow and dull! richard gere is not convincing as the jealous husband and as for the two lovers ...... i felt more of a spark last time ... read more »
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Worth watching
From a female point of view; I really enjoyed the excitement of an obviously unforfilled wife willing to risk everything for sex with an extremely hot stranger... read more »
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Lane and Gere are great
I enjoyed this far more than I thought I would. Richard Gere and Diane Lane are entirely convincing as the married suburban couple (though I could have done ... read more »
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What a bore!
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A photographer has filed a police report against Olivier Martinez over an alleged clash outside a Hollywood restaurant. The unnamed snapper filed the complaint with authorities on Friday accusing the Unfaithful star of backing into his car and threatening to hurt him. Martinez proceeded to eat lunch with his girlfriend Halle Berry at Mirabelle restaurant on Sunset Boulevard after the alleged incident. According to Eonline.com, a sheriff's deputy arrived at the scene to question the star and... Read more
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