Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
Direction
Guadagnino's 1980s Midwest has never looked more gorgeous or doomed.
Acting
Taylor Russell's trembling restraint vs. Chalamet's feral vulnerability.
Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross at their most achingly romantic.
Director
Luca Guadagnino
Taylor Russell
Maren
Timothée Chalamet
Lee
Mark Rylance
Sully
Anna Cobb
Kayla
André Holland
Maren's Father
David Gordon Green
Brad
Michael Stuhlbarg
Jake
Jessica Harper
Barbara Kerns
Chloë Sevigny
Janelle
Kendle Coffey
Sherry
Ellie Parker
Jackie
Madeleine Hall
Kim
Christine Dye
Attendant (Corlis, MD)
Sean Bridgers
Barry Cook
Jake Horowitz
Booth Man
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The bone-clicking sound Sully makes was improvised by Mark Rylance after studying actual bone percussion instruments.
Guadagnino called this his 'most American film'—using cannibalism as metaphor for Reagan-era poverty, addiction, and queer isolation in Middle America.
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