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Under the Silver Lake

Under the Silver Lake

What are they hiding?

20186.42h 19m

Overview

Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

Directed by David Robert Mitchell
Written by David Robert Mitchell
Produced by Chris Bender, Michael De Luca, Adele Romanski
Box OfficeBudget: $8.5MRevenue: $2.1M

Top Cast

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield

Sam

Riley Keough

Riley Keough

Sarah

Topher Grace

Topher Grace

Bar Buddy

Callie Hernandez

Callie Hernandez

Millicent Sevence

Don McManus

Don McManus

Final Man

Jeremy Bobb

Jeremy Bobb

Songwriter

Riki Lindhome

Riki Lindhome

Actress

Patrick Fischler

Patrick Fischler

Comic Fan

Zosia Mamet

Zosia Mamet

Troy

Jimmi Simpson

Jimmi Simpson

Allen

Themes & Keywords

secret societyseductiondark comedysurrealismdream sequencevoyeurpart animationmysteriousneo-noirhollywood hillssubliminal message

About Under the Silver Lake

Under the Silver Lake is a crime, drama, mystery film released in 2018 exploring themes of secret society, seduction, dark comedy, surrealism, dream sequence, voyeur. Directed by David Robert Mitchell, it stars Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace. Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

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