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The Affair

1995 · 81 min

A tense, morally tangled erotic drama that keeps you uneasy about who is using whom.

Directed by: Danny Taylor
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Starring: Jenna Bodnar, Robert L. Newman, Raelyn Saalman

Tagline: Sex with a stranger...to keep the one she loves.
Overview: A young woman named Jennifer is propositioned by an older woman to have sex with her husband for money. Jennifer has trouble with this decision as it is morally wrong to her but she really needs the money to help her fiancee out of debt so they can get married. There may be more to the situation than meets the eye.

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Directed by: Danny Taylor
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Starring: Jenna Bodnar, Robert L. Newman, Raelyn Saalman

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
love
class
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Details

Genres: drama, romance, thriller
Directed by: Danny Taylor
Written by: Eric Mandelbaum
Starring: Jenna Bodnar, Robert L. Newman, Raelyn Saalman, Kathleen Scott, Will Potter, Kimberly Blair, Kim Lombardi, Tatiana Tiele
Cinematography: Theo Angell
Runtime: 81 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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