
Cassandra's Dream(2007)
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.


“No one was supposed to get hurt.”
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Andy Hanson

Ethan Hawke
Hank Hanson

Albert Finney
Charles Hanson

Marisa Tomei
Gina Hanson

Aleksa Palladino
Chris Lasorda

Michael Shannon
Dex

Amy Ryan
Martha Hanson

Sarah Livingston
Danielle

Brían F. O'Byrne
Bobby Lasorda

Rosemary Harris
Nanette Hanson
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2007 exploring themes of daughter, career, sibling relationship, office, drug addiction, greed. Directed by Sidney Lumet, it stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney. When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
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