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Piercing

Piercing

Practice doesn't always make perfect.

20195.71h 22m

Overview

After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.

Directed by Nicolas Pesce
Written by Nicolas Pesce, Ryū Murakami
Produced by Antonio Campos, Josh Mond, Jacob Wasserman
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Top Cast

Christopher Abbott

Christopher Abbott

Reed

Mia Wasikowska

Mia Wasikowska

Jackie

Laia Costa

Laia Costa

Mona

Maria Dizzia

Maria Dizzia

Chevonne

Marin Ireland

Marin Ireland

Reed's Mother

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce

The Doctor

Will Brill

Will Brill

The Bellhop

P

Paul Nazak

The Old Man

Olivia Bond

Olivia Bond

The Bunny Girl

Dakota Lustick

Dakota Lustick

Young Reed

Themes & Keywords

hotelprostitutebased on novel or bookdiaryhallucinationsurrealismescort servicehospitalpsychological thrillermarried manapartmentpsychological horrorviolence

About Piercing

Piercing is a horror, thriller film released in 2019 exploring themes of hotel, prostitute, based on novel or book, diary, hallucination, surrealism. Directed by Nicolas Pesce, it stars Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa. After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.

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