Based on the best selling debut novel from Steve Watson, BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, takes that classic plot device of amnesia in order to deliver a thriller at our door. Starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, and Mark Strong, the film sees Kidman having to put the pieces of her life back together but soon realises her life may all be a lie. Although not the most original selling point, the strong cast ensures that we’ll be seeing some great performances. Rowan Joffe, the screenwriter behind 28 WEEKS LATER and THE AMERICAN, steps up to direct his second feature film after 2010’s BRIGHTON ROCK. Can this do for him what MEMENTO did for Nolan and what 51 FIRST DATES did for Peter Segal? Who knows?
The poster captures the idea of looking at things from different perspectives, as well as suggesting that not everyone is who they seem. No doubt readers of the book will be frustrated by comparisons to other memory loss based films, so let’s wait and see how this turns out. After all, we don’t get annoyed by the number of films that don’t contain memory loss.
It stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, and Anne-Marie Duff. Click here to watch the trailer and here’s that poster:
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP is released in the UK on 5th September and in the US on 12th September.
Source: Empire
