Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

1993 · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie

Two couples find love and comfort in London. A reserved, but lonely aging American female college professor meats a self-confident, married, but disillusioned aging American and aging English actress meats a young lively American.

Directed by Jim O'Brien

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