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Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

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

20167.41h 56m

Overview

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.

Directed by Tom Ford
Written by Tom Ford, Austin Wright
Produced by Robert Salerno, Tom Ford
Box OfficeBudget: $22.5MRevenue: $29.3M

Top Cast

Amy Adams

Amy Adams

Susan Morrow

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon

Bobby Andes

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Ray Marcus

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher

Laura Hastings

Ellie Bamber

Ellie Bamber

India Hastings

Armie Hammer

Armie Hammer

Hutton Morrow

Karl Glusman

Karl Glusman

Lou

Robert Aramayo

Robert Aramayo

Turk

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Anne Sutton

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookcheatingparent child relationshiphostageinsomniaflashbackrevengemurdercancerwriteroverbearing motherartnovelistex-husband ex-wife relationshipcarjackingstory within the storysexual assaultabortionart exhibitionambiguityambiguousambivalent

About Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals is a drama, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of based on novel or book, cheating, parent child relationship, hostage, insomnia, flashback. Directed by Tom Ford, it stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon. 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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