Movie Details:
| Based on | Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi |
| Country | France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Release date | 20 January 2001 (Sundance) 28 March 2001 (France) 4 May 2001 (Italy) 7 June 2001 (Germany) 27 July 2001 (United Kingdom) |
| Running time | 107 minutes 119 minutes (France) |
| Starring | Kerry Fox Mark Rylance Timothy Spall Philippe Calvario Alastair Galbraith Marianne Faithfull |
| Directed by | Patrice Chéreau |
| Screenplay by | Anne-Louise Trividic Patrice Chéreau |
| Produced by | Patrick Cassavetti Jacques Hinstin |
| Cinematography by | Eric Gautier |
| Edited by | François Gédigier |
| Music by | Éric Neveux |
| Production Company | Téléma StudioCanal Arte France Cinéma France 2 Cinéma WDR/Arte Mikado Film Azor Films |
| Distributor | BAC Films (France) Pathé Distribution (United Kingdom) Prokino Filmverleih (Germany) Mikado Film (Italy) |
| Box office collection | $2.7 million |
Cast & Characters:
- Kerry Fox as Claire
- Mark Rylance as Jay
- Susannah Harker as Susan, Jay’s wife
- Alastair Galbraith as Victor
- Philippe Calvario as Ian
- Timothy Spall as Andy, Claire’s husband
- Marianne Faithfull as Betty
- Fraser Ayres as Dave
- Michael Fitzgerald as bar owner
- Robert Addie as bar owner
- Rebecca Palmer as Pam, girl in squat
Storyline:
Jay is a bartender who abandoned his family because his wife lost interest in him and their relationship. Now living alone in a decrepit house, he has casual weekly sex with an anonymous woman, whose name he does not know. At first, their relationship is purely physical, but he eventually falls in love with her. Wanting to know more about her, he follows her across the streets of London to the grey suburbs where she lives. He then follows her to a pub theatre where she works as an actress in the evenings. He learns that her name is Claire, and she is married to Andy has a son. Subsequently, it is made clear to him that she will not leave her family. They meet for a final time and have sex with an intimacy that has been missing during the illicit sex sessions of their previous encounters.
