Described by director Adrian Lyne as ''an erotic thriller about the body language of guilt.'' When Edward (Richard Gere) innocently learns that his wife Connie (Diane Lane) has lied to him about an affair, suspicion propels him to uncover the devastating details of her infidelity. Tormented by the knowledge, he confronts her lover (Olivier Martinez), only to discover a level of rage within himself that he could never have imagined.