A failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts thei... Read allA failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts their relationship at risk.A failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts their relationship at risk.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 5 nominations total
- Jay's Child
- (as Vinni Hunter)
- Woman at the Audition
- (as Siân Reeves)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first mainstream English language film with an unsimulated sex scene to be passed uncut in Great Britain.
- Quotes
Ian: You know when you're with someone there's only a very short time when you can really give each other things for free... with neither of you having to ask. Because later on all you do is make demands of each other. Perhaps the only difference between her and all the rest is that she's asking you for nothing.
- Alternate versionsTo achieve an R-rating, the original two-hour long film was cut down to just 107 minutes in the U.S. and almost all the real sex acts were cut. The Blu-Ray versions, however, restore the original running length.
- ConnectionsFollows An Affair of Love (1999)
- SoundtracksA Night In
Performed by Tindersticks
Composed by Stuart Staples, Dickon Hinchliffe, Dave Boulter, Neil Fraser (as Neil Frazer), Mark Colwill and Alasdair Macauley
Matters would have apparently continued along in this way, except that Jay wants to know more about Claire. He manages to track her down to a pub/theater, where she's starring in "The Glass Menagerie." This brings him into contact with Andy, Claire's husband, played brilliantly by Timothy Spall.
The plot really begins at this point, and I will carefully avoid explaining what happens next. I won't avoid saying that the plot appeared contrived and, basically, ridiculous. I wasn't familiar with the work of Kerry Fox, but she's an excellent actor. Rylance and Spall are great actors. It's hard to understand just what went wrong with this film. Some reviewers have suggested that director could have made a better movie in France than in England. Maybe we in the English-speaking world think that this bizarre plots works better if the actors are smoking Gauloises and drinking wine, rather than smoking Mayfairs and drinking ale.
If you really want to see this movie, you'll have to decide whether you want to see all the sex (unrated version) or just the suggestion of sex (R-rated version). The movie has no real outdoor scenes, so it will work as well on DVD (which is how we saw it) as it will on the large screen. This isn't a great movie for anyone. If you want porn, buy porn. If you want narrative drama, buy narrative drama. Intimacy promises both, and gives you neither.
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- Also known as
- Người Tình Quen Thuộc
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $405,094
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $33,808
- Oct 21, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $2,672,527
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1