"One of the best American movies of the year and one of the lushest movies in recent memory." -- Salon.com
A sexy extra-marital drama by celebrated director Paul Schrader, featuring three stars at their high-intensity best. The gorgeous Ellen (Gretchen Mol) thought her affair with Alan (Joseph Fiennes), a mere cabana boy, at the resort where she and her fat-cat politician-husband Mark once vacationed might go unnoticed, but, on the contrary, it reaps deadly consequences. It isn't long before Mark finds out about his wife's passionate and enduring affair, and he swears vengeance. His fury over her betrayal brings out his vicious side, initiating a 16-year-long vendetta between Mark and Alan that verges into high-crime and takes on a life of its own, long after the deeds are forgotten.