WHO’S IN IT?
Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), Sarah Gadon (Belle), Kedar Brown (Down to Earth), Joshua Peace (Pacific Rim), Tim Post (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Jane Moffat (Mama
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners), director; Javier Gullón (Invader), writer; M.A. Faura (Painless) and Niv Fichman (Blindness), producers; Danny Bensi (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Saunder Jurriaans (Magic Magic), composers; Nicolas Bolduc (War Witch), cinematographer; Matthew Hannam (Antiviral), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Adam Bell (Gyllenhaal), a restrained college professor living with his girlfriend Mary (Laurent), is perplexed when he watches a rented movie and finds his likeness in a small role. Upon research, Adam discovers the man is an actor named Anthony (also Gyllenhaal), is married to the pregnant Helen (Gadon) and, above all, is his exact physical double. Adam becomes obsessed with Anthony, but when the two eventually meet it doesn’t pan out the way either expect it to…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Continuing to expand his artistic integrity after a show-stopping turn in Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal reunites with Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve in a dual role where one or the other – or both – could be the true Enemy (see what we did there? Oh, never mind.)
