Director:
Jon Amiel

Writers:
Mario Vargas Llosa (novel)
William Boyd

Synopsis

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin's aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her. Once Pedro finds out about this romance, he starts incorporating details of it into the script of his daily drama series. Soon, Martin and Julia are not only hearing about their fictional selves over the radio, but about what they are going to do next

Cast

Barbara Hershey ...  Aunt Julia
Keanu Reeves ...  Martin Loader
Peter Falk ...  Pedro Carmichael
Bill McCutcheon ...  Puddler
Patricia Clarkson ...  Aunt Olga
Richard Portnow ...  Uncle Luke
Jerome Dempsey ...  Sam & Sid
Richard B. Shull ...  Leonard Pando
Paul Austin ...  Donald Loader
Joel Fabiani ...  Ted Orson

Produced by
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. .  executive producer 
John Fiedler ....  producer 
Mark Tarlov ....  producer