The Two Faces of January

The Two Faces of January is a 1964 novel by Patricia Highsmith. It was made into the 2014 thriller written and directed by Hossein Amini. It stars Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac.

Plot

Two men meet in the picturesque backstreets of Athens. Chester MacFarlane is a conman with multiple false identities, near the end of his rope and on the run with his young wife Colette. Rydal Keener is a young drifter looking for adventure: he finds it in one evening as the law catches up to Chester and Colette, and their fates become fatally entwined.

The two faces of January - photo by Juliamaud
The two faces of January – photo by Juliamaud

Bestselling author Patricia Highsmith draws us deep into a cross-European game of cat and mouse in this masterpiece of suspense from the author of The Talented Mr Ripley.

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The Two Faces Of January [DVD]

Viggo Mortensen (Actor), Kirsten Dunst (Actor), Hossein Amini (Director, Writer) 

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