Nightmare Alley

(2021)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 3,485 votes

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Year: 2021

Runtime: 150 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Гильермо дель Торо

Cast: Брэдли Купер, Кейт Бланшетт, Тони Коллетт, Уиллем Дефо, Ричард Дженкинс, Руни Мара, Рон Перлман, Мэри Стинбёрджен, Дэвид Стрэтэйрн, Mark Povinelli

Plot

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.

Stan burns down his home and takes a job as a carny with a traveling carnival. Stan is disturbed at how any man could sink to the level of performing as a geek. Clem explains that he seeks out alcoholic or drug-addicted men with troubled pasts, and lures them in with promises of a "temporary" job and opium-laced alcohol. He then uses their dependence until they sink into madness and depravity, thus creating a new geek. Stan also works with clairvoyant act "Madame Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete. He and Zeena warn Stan not to ever use these skills otherwise people get hurt. Meanwhile Stan becomes attracted to fellow performer Molly and approaches her with an idea for a two-person act away from the carnival.