We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Film Statistics
Director: John Curran
Writer: Larry Gross
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release Date: August 13, 2004 (NY, LA)
MPAA Rating: R
Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures
Status: On DVD
Cast:
- Mark Ruffalo
- Laura Dern
- Peter Krause
- Naomi Watts
- Sam Charles
- Haili Page
- Jennifer Bishop
- Jim Francis
- Amber Rothwell
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Synopsis
Based on two works by Andre Dubus, We Don’t Live Here Anymore is a sexy and provocative drama about married
life and its discontents. Keenly observed, the film charts the amorous affair of a married man with his best
friend’s wife and how their liaison upsets the delicate balance of relationships, culminating in a fling between
their spouses. Unfolding from four alternating viewpoints, the story captures the paradoxical actions of loving
parents determined to save marriages they secretly long to escape, as the couples struggle through their emotional
and sexual entanglement. With a wry, knowing humor, We Don’t Live Here Anymore reveals the perverse logic of infidelity
-- and the complicity, denial and occasional cruelty that can accompany it.
College instructors in a small university town, Jack Linden and Hank Evans have an easygoing friendship involving runs
between classes and drinks at the pub after work. Jack’s wife Terry is best friends with Hank’s Edith, and the four have
dinner parties where, once the kids have gone to bed, the wine flows freely and the record collection is in constant rotation.
But the Evanses and the Lindens are not the happy couples they appear to be. For Jack and Terry, the everyday
tribulations of being parents of young children trying to make ends meet have taken their toll on the once passionate
couple. And Hank, a self-absorbed writer at heart, is fond of his daughter and family life, but not all that interested
in monogamy, it turns out. Trying to find a way to make her marriage work under the new circumstances, Edith turns to
Jack for comfort. What begins as a playfully lascivious affair erupts into a season of infidelity, leaving all four to
sift through the emotional wreckage to find their way home.
Other Titles
- Adultery (USA (working title))
- Non abitiamo più qui (Italy (pre-release title))
- Ya no somos dos (Spain)
Trivia
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