A jazz musician's torment unravels into a surreal nightmare of murder, doppelgängers, and impossible transformation.
Dreamlike and suspenseful. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
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The thing to know: strong sex and nudity, more than an R usually carries. Beyond that, strong violence and frequent strong language.
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A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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