The Two Faces of January Page #2

Synopsis: 1962. A glamorous American couple, the charismatic Chester MacFarland (Mortensen) and his alluring younger wife Colette (Dunst), arrive in Athens by boat via the Corinth Canal. While sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal (Isaac), 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 and d
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Director(s): Hossein Amini
Production: Magnolia Pictutures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2014
96 min
$1,638,101
Website
491 Views


Colette Rome and Venice

before we go back

to the states, so...

How about you?

Any plans to go home soon?

Uh, yeah, at some point,

when I run out of money.

Doesn't sound like

you're in a big hurry.

Oh, thanks. Well, Chester,

I gotta figure out

what I wanna do first.

Sure.

That's the best thing

about being your age.

There's a surprise

around every corner.

Yeah, I guess so.

Did you know

that she was a Van Buren?

- Who's that?

- Your friend Lauren.

- I only just met her.

- Mm-hmm.

Was he the seventh

or the eighth president?

- He was the eighth.

- Yeah.

- No, I'm... I'm... I'm not...

- I know, I know.

Hey, listen,

I've been married twice,

both times to beautiful

women with no money.

I'm gonna say this

because I love Colette

and I'm a little tanked.

But... but they can be a burden.

Yeah, well, I don't think

she's all that interested.

- Oh no? Hey, ladies.

- No, don't.

- What are you two gossiping about?

- None of your business.

- See?

- All right, all right.

- It was so nice to meet you.

- It was so nice to meet you.

- Thank you for dinner.

- Bye.

Thanks for taking

such good care of us.

Good luck with your studies.

My pleasure.

Well, I hope

we meet again sometime.

Me too.

- Enjoy Rome.

- Oh. Well, we'll try.

Thank you very much.

Good night, son.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Goodbye.

- What did you think?

- She's very sweet.

Wouldn't trust him

to mow my lawn.

I thought he was...

- Very interesting.

- Oh yeah?

Well, that's 'cause

he couldn't keep

- his eyes off you all night.

- No.

Does he still

remind you of your father?

He's a lot easier to talk to.

Where are you taking us

on our last day?

Sounion.

Wish we were staying longer.

Oh, she forgot her bracelet.

Everything all right in there?

Uh-huh.

Now we're talking.

Oh yeah.

Come on. Get outta here.

No thank you!

Uh... Parakalo.

F*** off.

Ah!

Just put

the "do not disturb" on.

No thank you.

Mr. Donlevy?

- No.

- Your name's not Donlevy?

No. No no. I think you've

got the wrong room.

How about Mr. McFarland?

- Yes.

- May I come in?

Can I ask what this is about?

- Stock market.

- Canadian oil shares.

Oh, I see.

Hang on right here.

I'll just get

my coat and we'll go downstairs.

We can talk about it

right in here.

No, let's just go to the bar.

Right in there would be great.

Sorry to barge in

on your like this, ma'am.

Okay.

Are you sure you don't

want me to wait?

It's fine. You get back

to the hotel, all right?

I'll call you in the morning.

- Okay.

- Bye.

You ran a brokerage firm called

Donlevy & Walters back in New York.

That's right.

You with the embassy?

No.

I represent some

very unhappy clients

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Hossein Amini

Hossein Amini (Persian: حسین امینی‎; born 18 January 1966) is a British-Iranian screenwriter and film director. Amini has worked as a screenwriter since the early 1990s. He was nominated for numerous awards for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove, including an Academy Award for Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay. He also won a "Best Adapted Screenplay" award from the Austin Film Critics Association for his screenplay adaptation of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011), based on the novel by James Sallis. For his directorial debut, he both wrote and directed The Two Faces of January, an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel. more…

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