Sleeping with the Enemy
Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, and Kevin Anderson. The film is based on Nancy Price's 1987 novel of the same name. Roberts plays a woman who fakes her own death and moves from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa to escape from her controlling, obsessive, and abusive husband, but finds her peaceful new life interrupted when he discovers her actions and tracks her down.
Plot
Laura Burney has a seemingly idyllic life and a perfect marriage to Martin, a successful Boston investment counselor. Beneath Martin's charming, handsome exterior, however, is an obsessive and controlling person who has physically, emotionally, and sexually abused Laura throughout their nearly four-year marriage. Then, in a recurring pattern, he apologetically showers her with flowers and gifts.
More details
author | Bruce Joel Rubin Ronald Bass |
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contentLocation | Iowa |
director | Joseph Ruben |
editor | George Bowers |
genre | action drama thriller |
keywords | abuse abusive marriage belong blind bus station coast guard drama teacher drown emotionally even intimate partner violence kill learn marital rape masquerade new house new life nursing home physical abuse physically presumed dead psychological abuse sexually visual impairment wedding ring wound |
musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
producer | Leonard Goldberg |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
recordedAt | North Carolina South Carolina |
theme | erotic thriller neo-noir psychological thriller |