Sleuth

(2007)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 601 votes

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Year: 2007

Runtime: 89 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Кеннет Брана

Cast: Майкл Кейн, Джуд Лоу, Harold Pinter, Carmel O'Sullivan, Кеннет Брана

Plot

Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping with.

Two extremely clever British men are in a game of trickery and deceit. Andrew Wyke, an aging famous author who lives alone in a high-tech mansion, after his wife Maggie has left him for a younger man; and Milo Tindle, an aspiring actor, equipped with charm and wit, who demonstrates both qualities once again. When Wyke invites Tindle to his mansion, Tindle seeks to convince the former into letting his wife go by signing the divorce paper. However, Wyke seems far more interested in playing mind games with his wife's new lover, and lures him into a series of actions he thoroughly planned in seeking revenge on his unfaithful spouse.