The setup for The Lovers is almost farcical: Debra Winger and Tracy Letts play a wife and husband who are both in serious relationships outside their marriage. But then they end up cuddling in bed one morning and become preoccupied with each other, leaving their respective paramours in the lurch. Thus, the question of who is actually doing the betraying gets seriously twisted. The jilted parties are played by Aidan Gillen and Melora Walters, while the film is directed by Azazel Jacobs of the HBO series Doll & Em. This is the first feature for Winger, who has been biding her time on Netflix’s The Ranch, in a couple of years, and that alone is reason to celebrate. The Lovers is due out May 5.
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