Directed by John Curran • 2004 • United States, Canada
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Naomi Watts

Adapted from two short stories by Andre Dubus (whose work was also the inspiration for IN THE BEDROOM), this unflinching domestic drama is a fearlessly raw, morally complex exploration of infidelity and its effects built around a quartet of powerhouse performances from Laura Dern, Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Watts, and Peter Krause. They play two closely entwined married couples living in a peaceful college town whose lives are upended by a domino effect of mutually destructive extramarital affairs, the consequences of which director John Curran traces with unsparing human honesty.