Word: emma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chronologically, Jerry (Julia) makes a slightly tipsy pass at Emma (Danner), the wife of his best friend Robert (Scheider) at a party at Robert's house. In one of those chemically combustible instants, their eyes hold. Their hands and hearts follow. Jerry is a literary agent, Robert is a publisher, Emma runs an art gallery, London sophisticates all. Jerry and Emma rent and decorate a suburban flat for illicit afternoons, which begin rosily but develop nagging thorns...
About halfway through the seven-year liaison, Robert and Emma go to Venice for a vacation, and it becomes obliquely clear that Robert knows about the affair. Perhaps he knew all along. Who knew what, when, constitutes the sole suspense factor of the evening. A confirmed philanderer, Robert is not about to incite a showdown. But it goes rather deeper than that, into the realm of male bonding. Jerry does not really feel remorse about betraying his unseen wife, but he feels terribly guilty about betraying his best friend. Similarly, Robert complains that they never play squash any more...