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'Affair' of Kolya's Wife and Lawyer Dmitri. (Spoilers)

posted 9 years ago by jcnsoflorida
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I did not notice much, if any, 'chemistry' between Kolya's wife and Dmitri, the lawyer. They had intercourse only twice it seems, then lawyer disappears, back to Moscow apparently. His advocacy for Kolya had failed. Then Kolya and wife have intercourse once which seems territorial: He is 'possessing' his wife again. Shortly thereafter wife commits suicide but maybe it was murder staged to look like suicide. Other threads discuss the suicide vs. murder issue. I'm more interested in the relationship between wife and Dmitri. Was Dmitri's intercourse w/ wife effectivly a message to Kolya that his case was lost? Or is that reading too much into the brief, seemingly meaningless 'affair'. Was there any (ulterior) motivation in the wife-Dmitri fling?
Spoilers are obviously ok here. They are necessary.

[–] evanmang87 9 years ago

Lilya had a very unhappy, dead-end life living in a bleak provincial town working at a fish processing plant married to a difficult, older man who had been previously married with a son who did not particularly care for her. Dmitri is from Moscow, the big city. He is a slick lawyer, not a part time mechanic. Her fling with him was a form of escapism, possibly even in hopes of leaving that town for good. As far as Dmitri's motives, Lilya aggressively approaches him, she is attractive, and he is but a man. It's really that simple.

[–] jcnsoflorida 9 years ago

I may have over-interpreted because of the foreign-ness of Russian culture (to me). You are probably right about the affair and I thank you for your thoughtful reply.