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When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of many years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keep her going as the revelation of her husband's betrayal threatens to destroy all that they have known.
A woman accused could be either a killer or a victim in this psychological drama from director Bill Duke. Valerie Maas (Aunjanue Ellis) is a God-fearing housewife and artist who one day finds herself in a situation she never imaged possible -- being questioned on murder charges by no-nonsense police detective Hicks (Lou Gossett Jr.) and Simmons (Clifton Davis), a district attorney eager to close this case. As Valerie repeatedly insists she's not a murderer, she tells the story of the last several months of her life. Valerie's husband, Dutch (Razaaq Adoti), is a psychiatrist with a practice in Atlanta who was offe...
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red a high-paying job by his old friend Monica (Paula Jai Parker), who works at a hospital in Philadelphia. Dutch takes the job and Valerie dutifully follows, and as she seeks solace in the women's support group at local church, Dutch spends more and more time with drug-abusing Monica, her wealthy but disinterested husband, Kevin (Roger Guenveur Smith), and obsessively womanizing musician Ryan Chambers (Leon). As Valerie's marriage begins to fall apart, she suspects her husband is being unfaithful, but she's shocked to discover the truth is more complicated than she imagined. Cover also stars Vivica A. Fox, Patti LaBelle, and Mya Harrison.
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Wanneer iemand wordt vermoord op de vooravond van het nieuwe jaar, is de eerste verdachte Valerie Maas, een kerkgaande gezinshulp wiens leven uiteenspat als een zeepbel, als zij ontdekt dat haar man al jaren een dubbel leven heeft geleid. De sterkte van haar karakter en haar geloof houden haar echter draaiende, wetende dat het verraad van haar echtgenoot alles dreigt te vernietigen wat zij samen al die jaren hebben opgebouwd.
When a man is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of 15 years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keeps the family alive as a deadly disease threatens to destroy all that they have known.
Actor-director Bill Duke helms this film about a married man and his surprising hidden life. After a marriage begins to unravel when the husband's secrets are revealed, someone is murdered, casting doubts on the innocence of the spurned wife. COVER stars Aunjanue Ellis, Raz Adoti, Leon, Lou Gossett Jr., Paula Jai Parker, and Vivica A. Fox.