Adultery (A User's Guide)

Overview

This French farce chronicles one special day in the lives of a married pair of Parisian architects, Fabienne and Bruno, as they anxiously await the results of an important architectual contest they have entered. Unable to handle the stress of waiting, both turn to sexual liason's to ease their tension. Bruno ends up enacting a dark sexual fantasy with a stranger while Fabienne eventually succumbs to the advances of Bruno's friend Simon, a fortyish Lebanese businessman and part-time drug dealer. The comedy takes on overtones of psycho-drama when the contest winner announced and the couple discovers the truth of each other's actions. A cache of drugs, discovered in an apartment only adds to their troubles.

Cast

Richard Berry

Simon

Karin Viard

Fabienne

Vincent Cassel

Bruno

N/A

Emmanuelle Halimi

Sarah

Liliane Rovère

Brunette mistress

Anny Romand

Unknown

Hélène Fillières

Joséphine

Patrice-Flora Praxo

Véronique

Marina Tomé

Maria-Jésus

Jean-Louis Tribes

Ralph

Marie Mergey

Brunette mistress's servant

Abel Aboualiten

Arab waiter