CASSANDRA'S DREAM

Year: 2007
USA: The Weinstein Company
UK: Optimum Releasing
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Hayley Atwell, Tom Wilkinson, Sally Hawkins, Peter-Hugo Daly, John Benfield, Clare Higgins, Ashley Madekwe, Andrew Howard, Keith Smee, Stephen Noonan, Dan Carter, Richard Lintern, Jennifer Higham, Lee Whitlock, Michael Harm
Director: Woody Allen
Countries: USA / UK / France
USA & UK: 108 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for thematic elements, some sexual material and brief violence
UK Certificate: 12A contains scenes of psychological distress
USA Release Date: 18 January 2008 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 23 May 2008

Synopsis

Set in contemporary London, CASSANDRA'S DREAM is a powerful and thrilling story about two brothers (Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell) who are desperate to better their troubled lives.

One is a chronic gambler up to his ears in debt, while the other is a young man in love with a beautiful actress (newcomer Hayley Atwell) he has recently met. Their lives gradually become entangled into a sinister situation with intense and unfortunate results.

Written and directed by Academy Award winner Woody Allen, the film also stars Tom Wilkinson and Sally Hawkins. The score is by Philip Glass and the cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond.