A Walk on the Moon

A Walk on the Moon is a 1999 American drama directed by Tony Goldwyn. Diane Lane plays a restless wife who begins an affair with a traveling salesman during the summer of 1969.

The story takes place in the summer of Woodstock in 1969. That setting places the relationship drama against the cultural changes of the late 1960s.

Diane Lane leads the film as a married woman pulled toward a passionate affair. The cast and story center on her conflict between family life and the freedom represented by the salesman.

It is commonly described as a drama with erotic and romantic-thriller elements. The tension comes from the affair and the emotional risks surrounding a married woman in 1969.