
Bound(1996)
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.


“Man or beast.”
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Bradley Cooper
Stanton Carlisle

Cate Blanchett
Dr. Lilith Ritter

Toni Collette
Zeena the Seer

Willem Dafoe
Clem Hoatley

Richard Jenkins
Ezra Grindle

Rooney Mara
Molly Cahill

Ron Perlman
Bruno

Mary Steenburgen
Mrs. Kimball

David Strathairn
Pete

Mark Povinelli
The Major
Nightmare Alley is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2021 exploring themes of infidelity, based on novel or book, love triangle, tarot cards, mentor, hustler. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, it stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette. An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
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