The Affair

A story of first love and love at first sight

In this story of first love and love at first sight, Natalie Wood plays Courtney Patterson, a 32-year-old songwriter whose battle with polio has made her both cynical and skeptical about the kindess of strangers.A compassionate lawyer, Marcus Simon, tries to ease down her emotional barriers.By the time she accepts his help, however, her family has already taken a stance against it.Can their love survive the obstacles they must face?