Both Ana and Ben did a awesome job playing these characters. They made it seem so believable but it was a hard movie to watch. Simply because it was so dysfunctional and sad. Ana seems like a beautiful bad guy but it is obvious that she is overwhelmed with insecurities and depression. She is subconsciously doing everything in her power to push her husband away because she feels unworthy. She feels dead inside and want to get a rise out of her husband hoping he can fulfill the needs of the things she thinks she is missing. Ben is constantly beaten down emotionally, his wife humiliates him, and causing him to feel dead inside. He wants the world to see him as a good man with a perfect wife and marriage at any cost.