2026, 115 min.

prepremiere screening

Awards and selections: Cannes Film Festival – Special Screening / Main Competition
Directed by: James Gray
Country: USA

[IN-PERSON SCREENING]

A dense, gritty crime thriller steeped in paranoia. James Gray returns to his New York roots, delivering classic gangster cinema with a powerhouse performance from Adam Driver.

Against the backdrop of shadowy city alleyways and rain-soaked streets, two brothers are drawn into a brutal conflict with organized crime. As they try to protect their loved ones, they slowly cross one line after another, reaching a point of no return. Gray takes viewers into a claustrophobic world of family secrets and mounting tension, where every attempt to get back on the right track feels like another step into a spiral of destruction. A raw story about masculine pride, greed, and the destructive power of the past.

In the media

«James Gray à la Scorsese, but sad. An ancient tragedy about the middle class, risking stepping on broken rungs to climb to the top of the ladder. Adam Driver pretending to be a tiger in the grass – one of the top three scenes of this year’s Cannes festival.»
– Maciej Roch Satora, Filmweb capsule review 

«An anti-Anora, a political allegory in which a charismatic populist lures a decent American family with visions of doing business with the Russians, combined with a clever play on genre conventions (Adam Driver as the homme fatal). I liked it.»
– Piotr Czerkawski, independent critic, Filmweb capsule review 

«A classic gangster film from an outstanding director. Great pacing, not a single unnecessary scene.»
– Mateusz Rot, Watching Closely, Filmweb capsule review

James Gray

An acclaimed American director and screenwriter, renowned for his mastery of classical genre cinema. Winner of the Silver Lion at Venice for his debut film Little Odessa. Director of We Own the Night, Two Lovers, and Ad Astra.

Tags: crime, drama, mafia, New York, brothers, obsession, James Gray, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson