{"id":3088,"date":"2025-01-02T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T15:24:56","slug":"the-two-faces-of-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3088","title":{"rendered":"The Two Faces of\u00a0January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>The Two Faces of January<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is a 1964 novel by Patricia Highsmith. It was made into the 2014&nbsp;thriller written and directed by&nbsp;Hossein Amini. It stars&nbsp;Viggo Mortensen,&nbsp;Kirsten Dunst&nbsp;and&nbsp;Oscar Isaac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-two-faces-of-january.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-two-faces-of-january.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"The two faces of January - photo by Juliamaud\" class=\"wp-image-4850\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The two faces of January \u2013 photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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&nbsp;<em>The Talented Mr Ripley<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available from <a href=\"https:\/\/tidd.ly\/3CqkeiH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Waterstones<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Zj6saf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Two Faces Of January [DVD]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Viggo Mortensen&nbsp;(Actor),&nbsp;Kirsten Dunst&nbsp;(Actor),&nbsp;Hossein Amini&nbsp;(Director, Writer)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OouAlq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Two Faces of January&nbsp;is a 1964 novel by Patricia Highsmith. 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