We’ve been checking out the first trailer for THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY and it’s got a wonderfully disturbing feel to proceedings for the film starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS’ Oscar Isaac. It gives me the impression that there’s a ‘hidden secret‘ in the vein of A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and undoubtedly a vibe of THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, which is relevant because the latter is a novel written by the same woman – Patricia Highsmith.
The film is set in 1962, where a glamorous American couple, Chester MacFarland (Mortensen) and his wife Colette (Dunst), are in Athens during a European vacation. While exploring the Acropolis they encounter Rydal (Isaac), a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide. He’s, obviously, drawn to Colette’s beauty and impressed by Chester’s wealth and sophistication, and so Rydal gladly accepts their invitation to dinner.
Check out the wonderfully atmospheric trailer below and scroll down for the first poster. THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY is directed by Hossein Amini, who also wrote the screenplay and something else you might know; DRIVE. At this very moment, you’re describing my kind of film:
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY opens in the UK on May 16th 2014.
Source: StudioCanal/Empire
