Nigel (Hugh Grant Hugh Grant) is caught up in a seven-year itch of marriage. He and his wife Fiona (Kristen Scott Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas) decide to travel to India on a cruise ship to try to change the bad relationship. On the boat, he meets the paralyzed writer Oscar (Peter Coyote Peter Coyote) and his beautiful wife Mimi (Emmanuel Senna Emmanuelle Seigner). Oscar seems to be about to tell stranger Nigel about his abnormal relationship with Mimi. At the beginning of Oscar's acquaintance with Mimi, the two were madly in love and the fire of lust was burning. However, the glamour of Mimi only fascinated Oscar for a short time. He began to get tired of it, and although Mimi had an abortion, had his uterus removed and fell in love with him, Oscar brutally sent her away. After a car accident, Oscar, who was lying in the hospital, was surprised to find that Mimi was standing in front of his bed and angrily dragged him out of the bed. Oscar was crippled for life. They continue to live together. Mimi never stopped abusing Oscar, the two.
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