A disillusioned Los Angeles based married couple, whose twisted sexual relationship is told exclusively through their own private journal entries.
Writing
Diary structure creates delicious he-said-she-said unreliability.
Acting
Arquette and Ling commit to ugly, unflinching emotional nakedness.
Director
Jefery Levy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Junichirō Tanizaki's 1956 novel 'Kagi,' previously adapted by Kon Ichikawa in 1974 and 1983.
The film relocates Japanese post-war sexual anxiety to LA's art world, trading repression for exhibitionism.
US
