Lake Consequence
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Genre	Drama Romance
Written by	Zalman King
Directed by	Rafael Eisenman
Starring	Joan Severance Billy Zane May Karasun
Music by	George S. Clinton
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Zalman King
Producer	Avram Kaplan
Production location	Los Angeles County
Cinematography	Harris Savides
Editor	James Bedford
Running time	85 minutes
Production company	Warner Bros.
Budget	US$
Original release
Release	January 1, 1993 (1993-01-01)

Lake Consequence is a 1992 made for television erotic drama film. It was directed by Rafael Eisenman with casting by Sue Swan. The film's tagline was, "A man and two women".

Irene (Joan Severance), a housewife becomes bored while her husband and son are absent 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 is 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 they return that night.

• Billy Zane as Billy
• Joan Severance as Irene
• May Karasun as Grace
• Whip Hubley as Jim
• Courtland Mead as Christopher

• Lake Consequence at IMDb
• Movie review on Time Out London