Dec 17, 2009
Bill Maitland, a thirty-nine-year-old solicitor who runs his own legal practice in London. He is married to Anna, with whom he has two children. Maitland is facing a midlife crisis that forces him to confront his personal inadequacies, his fear of old age, and his own mortality. In an unhappy marriage, Maitland survives through his dependence on alcohol, pills, and an unusually high amount of sexual activity. Maitland has affairs with all of his female secretaries, in addition to having a permanent mistress, who also supports him emotionally. Maitland...
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