
Magpie(2024)
A couple's lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star.


“Who we don't know can save us”
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

Glenn Close
Marcia Zarrow

K. Todd Freeman
Joe

Jessica Hecht
Jill

Gretchen Mol
Sarah

Tim Blake Nelson
Adam Zarrow

Gloria Reuben
Meredith

Kristen Stewart
Sophie

Corey Stoll
Sam

Mickey Sumner
Nicole

Sam Waterston
Prof. Walter Zarrow
Anesthesia is a drama, thriller film released in 2016. Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, it stars Glenn Close, K. Todd Freeman, Jessica Hecht. Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
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