Intimacy (2001 film)

Plot

Wanting to know more about the woman, Jay follows her across the streets of London to the grey suburbs where she lives. He then follows her to a pub theatre where she is working as an actress in the evenings. Jay learns that her name is Claire, and she has a husband, Andy, a black cab driver, and a son, Leo. Jay befriends Andy and Leo, but Claire remains unaware that they are in contact.


Plot

Andy visits Jay's bar and obliquely makes it apparent that he knows about the affair. The next Wednesday, Claire arrives at Jay's house while Ian and Victor are helping him to clear it. She makes it clear to Jay that she will not leave her family, and won't see him anymore. They have sex one final time, then Claire leaves without looking back.


Intimacy (2001 film)

Intimacy is a 2001 erotic drama) film directed by Patrice Chéreau from a screenplay he co-wrote with Anne-Louise Trividic, based on stories by Hanif Kureishi (who also wrote a novel of the same title)). It stars Kerry Fox and Mark Rylance. The film is an international co-production between France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, featuring a soundtrack of pop songs from the 1970s and 1980s. Intimacy contains an unsimulated fellatio scene by Fox on Rylance. A French-dubbed version features voice actors Jean-Hugues Anglade and Nathalie Richard.

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