The Man Who Wasn't There
(2001)
★ 7.5 IMDb · 1,806 votes
Year: 2001
Runtime: 116 мин
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Director: Джоэл Коэн, Итан Коэн
Cast: Билли Боб Торнтон, Фрэнсис Макдорманд, Michael Badalucco, Джеймс Гандольфини, Katherine Borowitz, Джон Полито, Скарлетт Йоханссон, Ричард Дженкинс
Plot
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Ed Crane cuts hair in his in-law's shop; his wife drinks and may be having an affair with her boss, Big Dave, who has $10,000 to invest in a second department store. Ed gets wind of a chance to make money in dry cleaning. Blackmail and investment are his opportunity to be more than a man no one notices. Settle in the chair and listen.