After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.
Acting
Goldblum's most unhinged performance—he's genuinely terrifying.
Direction
Schrader's most formally daring since Mishima.
Writing
Adapts Yoram Kaniuk's impossible novel somehow.
Director
Paul Schrader
Jeff Goldblum
Adam Stein
Willem Dafoe
Commandat Klein
Derek Jacobi
Dr. Nathan Gross
Ayelet Zurer
Gina Grey
Hana Laslo
Rachel Shwester
Joachim Król
Abe Wolfowitz
Evgenia Dodina
Gretchen Stein
Idan Alterman
Arthur
Juliane Köhler
Ruth Edelson
Tudor Rapiteanu
David
Veronica Ferres
Frau Fogel
Dror Keren
Dr. Uri Slonim
Mickey Leon
Golomb
Yoram Toledano
Tarshish
Shmuel Edelman
Dr. Shapiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Goldblum learned basic circus skills for the performance, including plate-spinning and physical contortion.
Schrader called this his 'most Jewish film,' exploring masochism and performance as responses to historical trauma—directly channeling his own Calvinist guilt through Jewish suffering.
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