Having co-directed
Anomalisa
with Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson makes his solo directorial debut
with The Actor. Co-written with Stephen Cooney, the film is an adaptation of
Donald E. Westlake's novel 'Memory'. André Holland plays an
actor who finds himself left with amnesia following a physical assault.
Stuck in a small town with no idea of how he got there, he attempts to find
a way back to his old life.
The film also stars Gemma Chan, May Calamawy, Asim Chaudhry, Joe Cole, Fabien Frankel, Olwen Fouéré,
Edward Hogg, Toby Jones, Youssef Kerkour, Simon McBurney, Tanya
Reynolds, Tracey Ullman
and Scott Alexander Young.
The Actor is in US cinemas from March 14th. A UK/ROI
release has yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
The Actor finds Paul Cole (André Holland) stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here. Without a sense of identity or purpose, he starts from scratch and begins courting a local costume designer Edna (Gemma Chan). As bits and pieces of his past slowly emerge, he attempts to find his way home, but time is slippery, appearances can’t be trusted, and it’s unclear which of his identities is real.
