We Don't Live Here Anymore
(2004)
★ 5.7 IMDb · 123 votes
Year: 2004
Runtime: 101 мин
Country: United States of America, Canada
Director: Джон Кёрран
Cast: Марк Руффало, Лора Дерн, Питер Краузе, Наоми Уоттс, Sam Charles, Джинджер Пейдж, Дженнифер Мохинни, Jennifer Bishop, Amber Rothwell, Meg Roe
Plot
Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When Jack decides to step outside the marriage, he becomes involved with Edith, who happens to be the wife of his best friend and colleague, Hank Evans. Learning of their partners' infidelity, Terry and Hank engage in their own extramarital affair together. Now, both marriages and friendships are on the brink of collapse.
The movie is set in the Pacific Northwest; specifically, Washington state. We know this from a glimpse of a license plate, the craftsman architecture of the two houses, and the mature, rich landscapes in between. The setting, like the scrutiny of the four main character's lives, is defined by the narrowness of the camera's field-of view. The one commercial street in town is only seen in the reflection of a store window, a shot of a non-descript auto-yard, or the tunnel of a tree-lined suburban sidewalk. The lush, wooded landscape is understood as an immediate presence in the domestic and professional lives of the characters; a steep hill, railroad tracks, a rushing stream, and a path over an old steel bridge are revisited again and again by the characters in their capacities as lovers, parents and friends.