Director: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent
The Buzz: What's this? Another doppelganger tale! In this psychosexual thriller, Gyllenhaal stars in a dual role as a university teacher who tracks down a man who looks just like him.
Jake Gyllenhaal discovers his double in this menacing, sepia-toned theatrical trailer for Enemy.
The clip shows Gyllenhaal’s bearded university-lecturer character confronting a look-alike in a stark hotel room.
“The film is a haunting and provocative psychosexual thriller about duality and identity, where in the end only one man will survive,” teases the synopsis.
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The thriller once again teams the actor with director Denis Villeneuve, whose Prisoners debuted to critical acclaim at Telluride Film Festival last August and went on to earn over $60 million at the domestic box office.
Enemy (once titled An Enemy) made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.
In a review, The Hollywood Reporter‘s critic Deborah Young wrote that the title may be divisive to moviegoers: “Overall it feels like an experimental outing whose disturbing artiness might find a home with cult and midnight audiences.”
Enemy is set for theatrical release on March 14.
