NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Amy Adams (American Hustle), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Anna Karenina), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Armie Hammer (The Social Network), Laura Linney (Kinsey), Ellie Bamber (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Robert Aramayo (Lost in Florence), Kristin Bauer van Straten (Life of the Party), Karl Glusman (The Neon Demon), Jena Malone (Sucker Punch), Michael Sheen (The Queen), Andrea Riseborough (Birdman)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Tom Ford (A Single Man), director, writer, producer; Robert Salerno (21 Grams), producer; Abel Korzeniowski (W.E.), composer; Seamus McGarvey (Atonement), cinematographer; Joan Sobel (The Perfect Guy), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Susan (Adams), an art gallery owner, receives a manuscript for a book written by her ex-husband, Tony (Gyllenhaal). Reading it, she discovers that it is of the disturbing story about a family holiday that turns violent and deadly, and as she gets closer and closer to the end she starts to dig up some uncomfortable truths about herself and her marriage to Tom…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Fashion designer Tom Ford’s first film in seven years – and his second overall, following A Single Man – is a haunting and provocative exploration of a failed marriage and the psychosis that stems from it.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2016

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