{{short description|1993 film directed by Rafael Eisenman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{infobox television | image = Lake Consequence dvd cover.jpg | image_size = | caption = DVD cover | genre = Drama<br>Romance | writer = Zalman King | director = Rafael Eisenman | starring = Joan Severance<br />Billy Zane<br /> May Karasun | executive_producer = Zalman King | producer = Avram Kaplan | location = Los Angeles County | music = George S. Clinton | cinematography = Harris Savides | editor = James Bedford | company = Warner Bros. | network = | released = {{Start date|1993|01|01}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = {{US$| }} }}
'''''Lake Consequence''''' is a 1993 made for television erotic drama film, produced by Zalman King and starring Joan Severance.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Wheeler |first=Drew |date=May 29, 1993 |title=Marquee values – Lake Consequence executive produced by Zalman King and starring Joan Severance }}</ref> It was directed by Rafael Eisenman.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Adina |date=October 25, 1993 |title=Lady Chatterley's Midnight Swims |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/321124500 |access-date=2024-12-25 |work=Jerusalem Post |id={{ProQuest|321124500}}}}</ref> The film's tagline was, "A man and two women".
==Plot== Irene (Joan Severance), a housewife becomes bored while her husband and son are away on a weekend fishing trip. She becomes attracted to Billy (Billy Zane), a man she met when he trimmed a tree in her neighborhood. She accidentally becomes trapped in his trailer and arrives at Lake Consequence hours later. Discovered by his bisexual girlfriend, Grace (May Karasun), and then Billy, they agree to drive her into town so she can catch a bus home. Chinese New Year celebrations are in full swing and she is seduced by Billy during the celebrations at a Chinese nightclub and bath house.
As Irene develops an erotic relationship with Billy, repressed images of her teenage experience return. Confronted by her own sexuality and her forgotten past, and jealous of Billy's attentions to Grace, Irene flees after starting a fire.
However Billy chases her and drives her home, where her husband and child have yet to return. Feeling grief and self-loathing, Irene hesitates to return to her family. Billy lectures her on her responsibilities as wife, helps her to dress and disappears before her family return that night.
==Cast== * Billy Zane as Billy * Joan Severance as Irene * May Karasun as Grace * Whip Hubley as Jim * Courtland Mead as Christopher
== Reception == A review in ''Jerusalem Post'' criticized ''Lake Consequence'' for attempting to be "more emotionally astute" than a typical porn film, saying, "It wants, in short, to be sexy while it is being wise, and the result is a frustrating film that boasts little more than the absence of both attributes."<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0107357|Lake Consequence}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110207005455/http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/80045/lake_consequence.html Movie review] on Time Out London
Category:1990s erotic drama films Category:1993 television films Category:1993 films Category:Films about adultery in the United States Category:American erotic drama films Category:American drama television films Category:Films about dysfunctional families Category:Films scored by George S. Clinton Category:1993 American films Category:1993 English-language films Category:English-language erotic drama films
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