Sleeping with the Enemy
Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson. The film is based on Nancy Price's novel of the same name of 1987. Roberts plays a woman who escapes from her abusive husband, from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she captures the attention of a kindly college drama teacher.
Plot
Laura Burney has a seemingly idyllic life and perfect marriage to Martin, a successful Boston investment counselor. Beneath Martin's charming, handsome exterior, however, is an obsessive and controlling personality who has physically, emotionally, and sexually abused Laura throughout their nearly four-year marriage. On one occasion, Martin jealously claims that Laura has flirted with their new Cape Cod neighbor, an attractive doctor she has only glimpsed distantly, before physically assaulting her, and then later, in a recurring pattern, 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 | drama thriller |
keywords | abuse abusive marriage belong blind bus station cape cod claim coast guard drama teacher drown emotionally even fake death hang intimate partner violence kill learn marital rape morning new life nursing home physical abuse physically psychological abuse sexually troubled past visual impairment wait wedding band wedding ring |
musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
producer | Leonard Goldberg |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
recordedAt | North Carolina South Carolina |
theme | erotic thriller neo-noir psychological thriller |