The Lovers

The Lovers (2017) is a bittersweet romantic comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Azazel Jacobs and led by Debra Winger and Tracy Letts. Mary and Michael have been married for decades and have long since stopped feeling anything for each other — both are carrying on affairs, and both are ready to file for divorce.

Then, right on the eve of the split, something absurd happens: the two of them fall for each other again. They start sneaking around like teenagers, in effect cheating on their lovers with their own spouse. The awkward comedy thickens when their grown son comes home for a visit, with no idea his parents are playing this strange double game.

It's a small, dryly funny film — not about young passion but about a long marriage, habit, and how desire can return to the very place you'd buried it. Winger and Letts carry everything in half-tones and uncomfortable pauses. A good pick for anyone who likes grown-up relationship stories with no sugarcoating. Stream The Lovers (2017) online on iFILM.