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Successful yuppie couple (Wife has a secret). Long ago Italian seaside holiday.

(Husband has to leave early). Wife and young son frolic in the sand. Young stud who’s girlfriend has just left spies young mum and son. (Mostly mum) Mum notices stud taking pictures. Hot sex.

(Two versions) Version one. Lots of fun frolicking + naughty bits). 

Version two Not so much. Not fun. Nasty.  Mum falls asleep on the beach. Young son gets swept out to sea in rubber dingy. Wakes freaks out. Young stud swims out to sea and saves boy but drowns on the way back. Mum ignores drama of drowned stud. Parents of stud grieve. Wife goes off the rails dies of cancer. Bereft husband discovers secret fictional manuscript wife has written of incident. Self publishes book indicting yuppie wife. Goes on revenge rampage determined to kill now grown son of yuppie wife. Not going to tell the ending in episode 7. Director Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men; Gravity: Y tu mama tambien) has untangled this complex and sometimes confusing narrative into a 7 part TV miniseries. Starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville, Sacha Baron Cohen Leila George.   359 stars