Plot
Repair contractor "Lucky" Mann & his previous B-movie actress wife Phyllis come an unhappily married few sleep in Montreal, Canada and whose teenage girl has process away. He arrives at a page of sexually foiled homemaker Marianne whose relationship is likewise strained sustaining her married man Jeffrey. Lucky & Marianne start out an affair.

Phyllis is shopping for her girl in the streets of Montreal. She meets Jeffrey & agrees to speak a weekend by having him. the course is placed for a encounter amongst 100% quaternary. the film experienced a R (rating) in the US due to sex & occasionally language.

Cast and production
Nick Nolte - Lucky Mann Julie Christie - Phyllis Mann Lara Flynn Boyle - Marianne Byron Jonny Lee Miller - Jeffrey Byron Jay Underwood - Donald Duncan Domini Blythe - Helene Pelletier Yves Corbeil - Bernard Ornay Alan Fawcett - Count Falco/Jack Dana

Alan Rudolph directed and wrote a script for the pic. It was by Robert Altman.

Awards
Julie Christie was nominated for Better Actress around the Lead Role in the 1997 Oscar for her role. She won better actress at a San Sebastian Film Festival. A cast won a jury award for better ensemble perfomance at a Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and Nick Nolte won a better actor award at the equivalent festival. A film won a Audience award at a Aspen Film Festival.