In Nights in Rodanthe Oscar nominee Diane Lane stars as Adrienne Willis a woman with her life in chaos who retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe in the Outer Banks of North Carolina to tend to a friend&s inn for the weekend Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her-- a wayward husband who has asked to come home & a teenage daughter who resents her every decision Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe a major storm is forecast & a guest named Dr Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) arrives The only guest at the inn Flanner is not on a weekend escape but rather is there to face his own crisis of conscience Now with the storm closing in the two turn to each other for comfort & in one magical weekend set in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives