Adultery (A User's Guide)

Adultery (A User's Guide)

1995 · 95 min · ★ 4.1 · Comedy, Drama

This French farce chronicles one special day in the lives of a married pair of Parisian architects, Fabienne and Bruno, as they anxiously await the results of an important architectual contest they have entered. Unable to handle the stress of waiting, both turn to sexual liason's to ease their tension. Bruno ends up enacting a dark sexual fantasy with a stranger while Fabienne eventually succumbs to the advances of Bruno's friend Simon, a fortyish Lebanese businessman and part-time drug dealer. The comedy takes on overtones of psycho-drama when the contest winner announced and the couple discovers the truth of each other's actions. A cache of drugs, discovered in an apartment only adds to their troubles.

Directed by Christine Pascal · Written by Robert Boner

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Richard Berry Simon
Karin Viard Fabienne
Vincent Cassel Bruno
Emmanuelle Halimi Sarah
Liliane Rovère Brunette mistress
Anny Romand Unknown
Hélène Fillières Joséphine
Patrice-Flora Praxo Véronique
Marina Tomé Maria-Jésus
Jean-Louis Tribes Ralph
Marie Mergey Brunette mistress's servant
Abel Aboualiten Arab waiter

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