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The Two Faces of January

Synopsis

The year is 1962. A glamorous American couple arrive in Athens and while sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide, scamming tourists on the side. When he visits the couple at their exclusive hotel, he is pressed into helping to move the body of a seemingly unconscious man - and as events take a more sinister turn he finds himself compromised and unable to pull himself free.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Director
Hossein Amini 1st Feature
Producer
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Tom Sternberg
Executive Producer
Tim Bricknell, Ron Halpern
Editor
Nicolas Chaudeurge
Screenwriter
Hossein Amini (screenplay), Patricia Highsmith (novel)
Director of Photography
Marcel Zyskind
Production Designer
Michael Carlin
Composer
Alberto Iglesias
Principal cast
Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Oscar Isaac

Genre

Action

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Working Title Films

26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN
Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3000

Sales Company

Studiocanal

50 Marshall Street
London
W1F 9BQ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7534 2700
Fax:+44 (0)20 7534 2701

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