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Nocturnal Animals (2016)

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When you love someone you can't just throw it away.

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Tom Ford
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    Susan Morrow Amy Adams
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    Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings Jake Gyllenhaal
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    Bobby Andes Michael Shannon
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    Ray Marcus Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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    Laura Hastings Isla Fisher
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    India Hastings Ellie Bamber
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    Hutton Morrow Armie Hammer
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    Lou Bates Karl Glusman

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  • cheating
  • parent child relationship
  • hostage
  • insomnia
  • flashback
  • revenge
  • murder
  • cancer
  • writer
  • overbearing mother
  • art
  • novelist
  • ex-husband ex-wife relationship
  • carjacking
  • story within the story
  • sexual assault
  • abortion
  • art exhibition
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguous
  • ambivalent