Synopsis

Sandra Dunmore is trapped in a volatile marriage to alcoholic advertising executive Jake while carrying on an affair with his brother, Ben. When Ben disappears, detectives begin untangling a web of adultery, deceit, blackmail, and murder. As rival schemes collide, Sandra, Peggy, and the men around them pursue money and survival through a deliberately twisted neo-noir mystery.

Factoids & Trivia

• The screenplay began as a submission by Ron Peer to the 1995 Austin Film Festival's Heart of Film Screenplay Competition, where it reached the semifinalist stage. The script was subsequently optioned and developed for production.

• The film premiered at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival in a special screening out of competition, more than a year before its US theatrical release on April 16, 1999.

• With an estimated budget of $20 million, the film earned approximately $1.94 million in the United States and Canada.

• The production brought together cinematographer Dante Spinotti, production designer Stewart Starkin, editor William Steinkamp, and composer John Ottman, contributing to its glossy, stylized neo-noir presentation.

• The movie was the last Regency Enterprises production distributed theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. before that relationship resumed with 2006's The Fountain.