Directed by:
James TobackScreenplay:
James TobackCinematography:
Larry McConkeyCast:
Sienna Miller, Alec Baldwin, Charles Grodin, Colleen Camp, John Buffalo Mailer, Oliver 'Power' Grant, Steven Prescod, Carl IcahnPlots(1)
Vera Lockman, a successful actress, living alone in a stunning New York loft, thrashes during a nightmare in which she struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer, ex-boyfriend, Sal. Jolted awake, she reveals in her journal that the killing in her nightmare actually occurred the day before and that Sal, dead, lies in a trunk in her living room. Leon, Vera's lover, arrives and is dismissed, permanently. Franklin, a filmmaker/ friend, stops by, concerned. He grills Vera, provoking confusion and a hint of dread. Vera drives the trunk to an isolated area and rolls it into a lake. She returns to her loft and is startled by a narcotics detective, McCutcheon, who asks about Sal. Vera believes that McCutcheon accepts her false story. Vera serves dinner to her beloved but decaying grandfather, Arthur, and her mother, Elaine. Carl Icahn, Arthur's former high school classmate, stops by afterward. Vera and Carl connect emotionally. The next day Vera, calm for the first time, writes. Her mood is shattered by the crescendo of police sirens. She springs to the window and sees McCutcheon. Their eyes meet. Arrest awaits her. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Sienna Miller
USA
Best movies:
Stardust (2007)
American Sniper (2014)
Interview (2007)
Alec Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Departed (2006)
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
Charles Grodin
USA
Best movies:
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Midnight Run (1988)
Catch-22 (1970)
Colleen Camp
USA
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
The Ice Storm (1997)
John Buffalo Mailer
Best movies:
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
W. (2008)
Blind (2017)
Oliver 'Power' Grant
Best movies:
Belly (1998)
Black and White (1999)
When Will I Be Loved (2004)
Steven Prescod
Best movies:
Blind (2017)
Carl Icahn
USA