Publisher's Synopsis
Wry psychological drama adapted by Tom Stoppard from the novel by Thomas Wiseman, starring Michael Caine as Lewis Fielding, a successful novelist suffering from writer's block, who suspects that his wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson), who is holidaying alone in Europe, must be having an affair. Frustrated with her husband's jealousy and attempts to manipulate her, Elizabeth confirms Lewis's suspicions and embarks on a steamy affair with a handsome young German, Thomas (Helmut Berger), who claims to be a poet but is in fact a drug dealer. Fact and fiction grow ever more entwined when, after Elizabeth's return to England, Lewis invites Thomas into his home to ask for his input on the screenplay he is trying to write, having abandoned the novel. It isn't long before Thomas is not only Lewis's technical advisor, he is also an integral part of the plot...
