Intimacy

(2001)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 561 votes

Genres: Romance, Drama, Fantasy

Year: 2001

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: France, Germany

Director: Patrice Chéreau

Cast: Марк Райлэнс, Керри Фокс, Susannah Harker, Alastair Galbraith, Philippe Calvario, Тимоти Сполл, Марианна Фейтфулл, Fraser Ayres, Michael Fitzgerald, Robert Addie

Plot

Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows her and learns about her. This eventually disrupts their relationship.

Jay is a bartender who abandoned his family because his wife lost interest in him and their relationship. Now living alone in a decrepit house, he has casual weekly sex with an anonymous woman, whose name he does not know. At first, their relationship is purely physical, but he eventually falls in love with her. Wanting to know more about her, he follows her across the streets of London to the grey suburbs where she lives. He then follows her to a pub theatre where she works as an actress in the evenings. He learns that her name is Claire, and she is married to Andy has a son. Subsequently, it is made clear to him that she will not leave her family. They meet for a final time and have sex with an intimacy that has been missing during the illicit sex sessions of their previous encounters.