Adultery (A User's Guide)
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This French farce chronicles one special day in the lives of a married pair of Parisian architects, Fabienne and Bruno, as they anxiously await the results of an important architectual contest they have entered. Unable to handle the stress of waiting, both turn to sexual liason's to ease their tension. Bruno ends up enacting a dark sexual fantasy with a stranger while Fabienne eventually succumbs to the advances of Bruno's friend Simon, a fortyish Lebanese businessman and part-time drug dealer. The comedy takes on overtones of psycho-drama when the contest winner announced and the couple discovers the truth of each other's actions. A cache of drugs, discovered in an apartment only adds to their troubles.
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Cast
21 people
Richard Berry
Simon
Known for
Ruby & Quentin
22 Bullets
Karin Viard
Fabienne
Known for
The Bélier Family
Delicatessen
Vincent Cassel
Bruno
Known for
Black Swan
La Haine
Emmanuelle Halimi
Sarah
No other roles listed
Liliane Rovère
Brunette mistress
Known for
Call My Agent!
Family Business
Anny Romand
Unknown
Known for
Diva
Lily Sometimes
Hélène Fillières
Joséphine
Known for
Ares
Lady Chatterley
Patrice-Flora Praxo
Véronique
Also in
Time to Kill
Les Cœurs brûlés
Marina Tomé
Maria-Jésus
Known for
Back to Burgundy
Mr. Know-It-All
Jean-Louis Tribes
Ralph
Known for
Revenge
Gangsters
Marie Mergey
Brunette mistress's servant
Known for
The War Is Over
Madame Bovary
Abel Aboualiten
Arab waiter
Known for
Two Much for the Job
Christine Pascal Director · Robert Boner Writer Bruno Coulais Composer
Worldwide gross $1.1M · Budget $4.6M · First release July 5, 1995
Box office
Budget
$4,600,000
Worldwide gross
$1,100,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
TSR
Production
Teleclub AG
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
PXP Productions
Production
Ciné Manufacture
Production
France · Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Adultère, mode d'emploi
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · Italian
Release dates
France · July 5, 1995
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
August 1, 1995 · Premiere · Montréal World Film Festival
Germany
January 1, 1996 · Premiere · Max Ophüls Film Festival
Switzerland
July 7, 1995 · Theatrical · French
October 7, 1995 · Theatrical · German
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