The Affair

The wife of a British army officer falls in love with an African American G.I. in this made-for-cable World War II drama. When her unfaithful husband (Ciaran Hinds) goes off to war, small-town homemaker Maggie Leyland (Kerry Fox) spends her time caring for her young son (Rory Jennings) and helping ...more

Although it's an "issue film" of the type often tackled with neither skill nor subtlety by the purveyors of network-TV movies of the week, this intelligent cable outing skirts most of the material's temptation to press buttons and wring hands. Instead, screenwriters Walter Bernstein and Bryan Boluboff and director Paul Seed construct a thoughtful and well-acted meditation on injustice, respectability, and the unexpected nature of love. The use of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" as both a symbol ...more