THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY
synopsis
1962. A glamorous American couple, the charismatic Chester MacFarland and his alluring younger wife Colette , arrive in Athens by boat via the Corinthian Canal. While sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal, a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide, scamming tourists on the side. Drawn to Colette's beauty and impressed by Chester's wealth and sophistication, Rydal gladly accepts their invitation to dinner. However, all is not as it seems with the MacFarlands and Chester's affable exterior hides darker secrets. When Rydal visits the couple at their exclusive hotel, Chester presses him to help move the body of a seemingly unconscious man who he claims attacked him. In the moment, Rydal agrees but as events take a more sinister turn he finds himself compromised and unable to pull himself free. His increasing infatuation with the vulnerable and responsive Colette gives rise to Chester's jealousy and paranoia, leading to a tense ...
international title: | The Two Faces of January |
original title: | The Two Faces of January |
country: | United Kingdom, France, United States |
sales agent: | StudioCanal |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Hossein Amini |
film run: | 96' |
release date: | UK 16/05/2014, IE 16/05/2014, DE 29/05/2014, ES 13/06/2014, FR 18/06/2014, GR 19706/2014, NL 26/06/2014, BE 30/06/2014, LT 01/08/2014 |
screenplay: | Hossein Amini |
cast: | Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Yigit Özsener, Prometheus Aleifer, Daisy Bevan, Socrates Alafouzos |
cinematography by: | Marcel Zyskind |
film editing: | Nicolas Chaudeurge |
art director: | Michael Carlin |
costumes designer: | Steven Noble |
music: | Alberto Iglesias |
producer: | Tim Bevan, Robyn Slovo, Eric Fellner, Tom Sternberg |
production: | Working Title Films, StudioCanal, Timnick Films |
distributor: | StudioCanal, StudioCanal Germany, StudioCanal, A-Film Distribution, Belga Films Distribution |