The Lover

"What time is your lover coming?" is the loaded question around which the action of "The Lover" turns. An ironic comedy and an impudent drama at once, seductively erotic, about an adulterous couple flirting dangerously. In an intense, perverse, sado-masochistic duel, Sarah and Richard bewilder and scandalise, using the invention of their erotic games to sweep away social and theatrical convention, quietly taking on every ambiguity thrown up by the violence of desire and by the paradoxical thrill of betrayal. Is it possible to act out all your fantasies without going mad?