A member of Parliament (Irons) falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée. They pursue their affair with obsessive abandon despite the dangers of discovery and what it would do to his complacent life and his son. Completely obsessed, he wants to give up his current lifestyle to be with her. She has no intention of allowing him to do this, preferring to have her marriage to the son as a cover. They are eventually discovered, and must deal with the damage. Based on the novel by Josephine Hart.

Starring:

Benjamin Whitrow, David Thewlis, Ian Bannen, Jason Morell, Jeff Nuttall, Jeremy Irons, Julian Fellowes, Juliette Binoche, Leslie Caron, Luc Etienne, Miranda Richardson, Peter Stormare, Ray Gravell, Rupert Graves, Susan Engel, Tony Doyle

Genre:

Drama, Romance