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Enemy
Enemy poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Produced by
M.A. Faura
Niv Fichman

Screenplay by
Javier Gullón
Based on
The Double
 by José Saramago
Starring
Jake Gyllenhaal
Mélanie Laurent
Sarah Gadon
Isabella Rossellini

Music by
Daniel Bensi
Saunder Jurriaans

Cinematography
Nicolas Bolduc
Edited by
Matthew Hannam

Production
 company

Mecanismo Films
micro_scope
Rhombus Media
Roxbury Pictures

Distributed by
A24 Films (United States)
E1 Films (Canada)
Alfa Pictures (Spain)


Release dates

8 September 2013 (TIFF)
14 March 2014 (Canada)
28 March 2014 (Spain)


Running time
 90 minutes[1]
Country
Canada
Spain

Language
English
Box office
$3,373,480[2][3]
Enemy is a 2013 Canadian-Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve; it was loosely adapted by Javier Gullón from José Saramago's 2002 novel The Double.[4] The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as two characters, and co-stars Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon, Stephen R. Hart, and Jane Moffat. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
Enemy earned five Canadian Screen Awards; Best Director for Villeneuve,[6] as well as a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Picture.[7] It was named Best Canadian Film of the Year at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2014.[8]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Analysis
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Plot[edit]
A man attends an erotic show at an underground club that culminates with a naked woman on the verge of crushing a live tarantula spider under her patent leather, high-heeled platform shoe. Elsewhere, a pregnant young woman sits on a bed, alone.
Adam Bell, a solitary college history professor who looks identical to the man at the sex show, rents a movie, Where There's a Will There's a Way, on the recommendation of a colleague. Adam sees an actor in a small role who looks exactly like him.
After doing some research online, Adam identifies the actor as Daniel St. Claire, the stage name for one Anthony Claire. Adam rents the other two films in which Anthony has appeared and develops an interest in the man, who appears to be his physical doppelgänger. Adam's girlfriend Mary becomes troubled by the change in his behavior. Adam stalks Anthony, visiting his office and calling him at home. Everyone, including Anthony's pregnant wife Helen, confuses the two. In a separate scene a truly gigantic spider, species unknown, lurks among and above the skyscrapers of Toronto.
Adam and Anthony eventually meet in a hotel room and discover they are perfectly identical copies of each other, including a scar each man has on his left abdomen above the pancreas. Adam is reserved and bookish while Anthony is hot-headed and sexual. After following Mary to work, Anthony confronts Adam, accuses him of having sex with his wife Helen, and demands Adam's clothes and the keys to his car in order to stage a sexual liaison with Mary, promising to disappear from his life forever afterwards. Adam complies, and Anthony takes Mary to the hotel where the two men met. Meanwhile, Adam breaks into Anthony's apartment and gets into bed with Helen, who seems to realize her partner is different and asks Adam to stay.
At the hotel, Mary panics when she sees the mark where Anthony's wedding ring usually sits and demands to know who he is, as her boyfriend doesn't wear a ring. She forces Anthony to drive her home, but the two get into a fight, and the car is involved in a high-speed crash, presumably killing them both.
The next day Adam dresses in Anthony's clothes and find a key inside the jacket pocket. The same key that was used to get into the private club in the beginning of the movie. Adam is ready to begin life as Anthony. Helen gets out of the shower and enters the bedroom. Adam asks Helen if she is doing anything tonight and follows the question by telling her he will be busy tonight. As he turns the corner, he beholds a tarantula spider big enough to fill the room. It seems strangely frightened of him and cowers against the rear wall. Possibly even more incongruous, however, is Adam's inexplicably muted reaction to this monstrosity; as he stares, his expression is far more resigned than surprised.
Cast[edit]
Jake Gyllenhaal as Adam Bell / Anthony Claire (actor Daniel Saint Claire)
Mélanie Laurent as Mary
Isabella Rossellini as Adam's mother
Sarah Gadon as Helen Claire
Kedar Brown as a security guard
Darryl Dinn as the video store clerk
Stephen R. Hart as Bouncer (uncredited)
Jane Moffat as Eve (uncredited)
Joshua Peace as Carl, Adam's colleague
Tim Post as Anthony's concierge
Misha Highstead, Megan Mane, Alexis Uiga as the Ladies in the Dark Room
Kiran Friesen as Sad, Broken Woman (uncredited)
Paul Stephen as Dark Room Patron (uncredited)
Loretta Yu as Receptionist (uncredited)
Analysis[edit]
Forrest Wickman of Slate states that the opening line of the film, "Chaos is order yet undeciphered" is from a line from José Saramago's The Double, the novel on which the film is based. Wickman suggests that Enemy is "a parable about what it's like to live under a totalitarian state without knowing it," and adds that the central irony is that even though the main character is an expert on the ways of totalitarian governments, he does not see the web that's overtaken the city until he is already stuck in it. As he says in the lecture, totalitarian states succeed because they censor any means of individual expression. When he finds out he has a double, that is exactly what happens: He can never again be an individual. There are no spiders in The Double, but there is this passage from Saramago's The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, in which he compares the fascist police and their allies to spiders: "There is no lack of spiders' webs in the world, from some you escape, in others you die. The fugitive will find shelter in a boardinghouse under an assumed name, thinking he is safe, he has no idea that his spider will be the daughter of the landlady … a dedicated nationalist who will regenerate his heart and mind." To Wickman, Enemy suggests that this tendency to create totalitarian regimes is part of human nature, that it comes from within us. Director Villeneuve said, "Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious ... they are the dictator inside ourselves."[9]
Reception[edit]
Enemy received generally positive reviews from critics and has a rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 86 reviews with a rating average of 6.7 out of 10. The site's consensus states: "Thanks to a strong performance from Jake Gyllenhaal and smart direction from Denis Villeneuve, Enemy hits the mark as a tense, uncommonly adventurous thriller."[10] The film also has a score of 61 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 26 reviews, indicating ``generally favourable reviews".[11] A.O. Scott, movie critic for the New York Times, wrote: "In any case, much of the fun in “Enemy,” which is tightly constructed and expertly shot, lies in Mr. Gyllenhaal’s playful and subtle performances... Its style is alluring and lurid, a study in hushed tones and yellowy hues, with jolts of anxiety provided by loud, scary music." [12] "Enemy" was also praised by David Ehrlich of Film.com for having "the scariest ending of any film ever made."[13]
Enemy opened in a single theater in North America and grossed $16,161. The widest release for the film was 120 theaters and it ended up earning $1,008,726 domestically and $2,364,754 internationally for a total of $3,373,480.[2]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Enemy (2013)". IMDb. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
2.^ Jump up to: a b "Enemy (2014) - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "Enemy (2014) - International Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini join Jake Gyllenhaal on An Enemy". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
5.Jump up ^ "Enemy". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Enemy - Review". Canadian Film Review. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ "Canadian Screen Awards: Orphan Black, Less Than Kind, Enemy nominated". CBC News, January 13, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ "Denis Villeneuve's Enemy is Toronto Film Critics' top Canadian pick". CBC News, January 6, 2015.
9.Jump up ^ Forrest Wickman, What Should We Make of Enemy’s Shocking Ending?, Slate.
10.Jump up ^ "Enemy (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Enemy Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "When Your Twin Is Far More Interesting". New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ "TIFF Review: 'Enemy'". Film.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
External links[edit]
 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enemy (film).
Enemy at the Internet Movie Database
Enemy at Rotten Tomatoes


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Enemy (2013 film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search


Enemy
Enemy poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Produced by
M.A. Faura
Niv Fichman

Screenplay by
Javier Gullón
Based on
The Double
 by José Saramago
Starring
Jake Gyllenhaal
Mélanie Laurent
Sarah Gadon
Isabella Rossellini

Music by
Daniel Bensi
Saunder Jurriaans

Cinematography
Nicolas Bolduc
Edited by
Matthew Hannam

Production
 company

Mecanismo Films
micro_scope
Rhombus Media
Roxbury Pictures

Distributed by
A24 Films (United States)
E1 Films (Canada)
Alfa Pictures (Spain)


Release dates

8 September 2013 (TIFF)
14 March 2014 (Canada)
28 March 2014 (Spain)


Running time
 90 minutes[1]
Country
Canada
Spain

Language
English
Box office
$3,373,480[2][3]
Enemy is a 2013 Canadian-Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve; it was loosely adapted by Javier Gullón from José Saramago's 2002 novel The Double.[4] The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as two characters, and co-stars Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon, Stephen R. Hart, and Jane Moffat. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
Enemy earned five Canadian Screen Awards; Best Director for Villeneuve,[6] as well as a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Picture.[7] It was named Best Canadian Film of the Year at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2014.[8]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Analysis
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Plot[edit]
A man attends an erotic show at an underground club that culminates with a naked woman on the verge of crushing a live tarantula spider under her patent leather, high-heeled platform shoe. Elsewhere, a pregnant young woman sits on a bed, alone.
Adam Bell, a solitary college history professor who looks identical to the man at the sex show, rents a movie, Where There's a Will There's a Way, on the recommendation of a colleague. Adam sees an actor in a small role who looks exactly like him.
After doing some research online, Adam identifies the actor as Daniel St. Claire, the stage name for one Anthony Claire. Adam rents the other two films in which Anthony has appeared and develops an interest in the man, who appears to be his physical doppelgänger. Adam's girlfriend Mary becomes troubled by the change in his behavior. Adam stalks Anthony, visiting his office and calling him at home. Everyone, including Anthony's pregnant wife Helen, confuses the two. In a separate scene a truly gigantic spider, species unknown, lurks among and above the skyscrapers of Toronto.
Adam and Anthony eventually meet in a hotel room and discover they are perfectly identical copies of each other, including a scar each man has on his left abdomen above the pancreas. Adam is reserved and bookish while Anthony is hot-headed and sexual. After following Mary to work, Anthony confronts Adam, accuses him of having sex with his wife Helen, and demands Adam's clothes and the keys to his car in order to stage a sexual liaison with Mary, promising to disappear from his life forever afterwards. Adam complies, and Anthony takes Mary to the hotel where the two men met. Meanwhile, Adam breaks into Anthony's apartment and gets into bed with Helen, who seems to realize her partner is different and asks Adam to stay.
At the hotel, Mary panics when she sees the mark where Anthony's wedding ring usually sits and demands to know who he is, as her boyfriend doesn't wear a ring. She forces Anthony to drive her home, but the two get into a fight, and the car is involved in a high-speed crash, presumably killing them both.
The next day Adam dresses in Anthony's clothes and find a key inside the jacket pocket. The same key that was used to get into the private club in the beginning of the movie. Adam is ready to begin life as Anthony. Helen gets out of the shower and enters the bedroom. Adam asks Helen if she is doing anything tonight and follows the question by telling her he will be busy tonight. As he turns the corner, he beholds a tarantula spider big enough to fill the room. It seems strangely frightened of him and cowers against the rear wall. Possibly even more incongruous, however, is Adam's inexplicably muted reaction to this monstrosity; as he stares, his expression is far more resigned than surprised.
Cast[edit]
Jake Gyllenhaal as Adam Bell / Anthony Claire (actor Daniel Saint Claire)
Mélanie Laurent as Mary
Isabella Rossellini as Adam's mother
Sarah Gadon as Helen Claire
Kedar Brown as a security guard
Darryl Dinn as the video store clerk
Stephen R. Hart as Bouncer (uncredited)
Jane Moffat as Eve (uncredited)
Joshua Peace as Carl, Adam's colleague
Tim Post as Anthony's concierge
Misha Highstead, Megan Mane, Alexis Uiga as the Ladies in the Dark Room
Kiran Friesen as Sad, Broken Woman (uncredited)
Paul Stephen as Dark Room Patron (uncredited)
Loretta Yu as Receptionist (uncredited)
Analysis[edit]
Forrest Wickman of Slate states that the opening line of the film, "Chaos is order yet undeciphered" is from a line from José Saramago's The Double, the novel on which the film is based. Wickman suggests that Enemy is "a parable about what it's like to live under a totalitarian state without knowing it," and adds that the central irony is that even though the main character is an expert on the ways of totalitarian governments, he does not see the web that's overtaken the city until he is already stuck in it. As he says in the lecture, totalitarian states succeed because they censor any means of individual expression. When he finds out he has a double, that is exactly what happens: He can never again be an individual. There are no spiders in The Double, but there is this passage from Saramago's The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, in which he compares the fascist police and their allies to spiders: "There is no lack of spiders' webs in the world, from some you escape, in others you die. The fugitive will find shelter in a boardinghouse under an assumed name, thinking he is safe, he has no idea that his spider will be the daughter of the landlady … a dedicated nationalist who will regenerate his heart and mind." To Wickman, Enemy suggests that this tendency to create totalitarian regimes is part of human nature, that it comes from within us. Director Villeneuve said, "Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious ... they are the dictator inside ourselves."[9]
Reception[edit]
Enemy received generally positive reviews from critics and has a rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 86 reviews with a rating average of 6.7 out of 10. The site's consensus states: "Thanks to a strong performance from Jake Gyllenhaal and smart direction from Denis Villeneuve, Enemy hits the mark as a tense, uncommonly adventurous thriller."[10] The film also has a score of 61 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 26 reviews, indicating ``generally favourable reviews".[11] A.O. Scott, movie critic for the New York Times, wrote: "In any case, much of the fun in “Enemy,” which is tightly constructed and expertly shot, lies in Mr. Gyllenhaal’s playful and subtle performances... Its style is alluring and lurid, a study in hushed tones and yellowy hues, with jolts of anxiety provided by loud, scary music." [12] "Enemy" was also praised by David Ehrlich of Film.com for having "the scariest ending of any film ever made."[13]
Enemy opened in a single theater in North America and grossed $16,161. The widest release for the film was 120 theaters and it ended up earning $1,008,726 domestically and $2,364,754 internationally for a total of $3,373,480.[2]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Enemy (2013)". IMDb. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
2.^ Jump up to: a b "Enemy (2014) - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "Enemy (2014) - International Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini join Jake Gyllenhaal on An Enemy". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
5.Jump up ^ "Enemy". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
6.Jump up ^ "Enemy - Review". Canadian Film Review. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ "Canadian Screen Awards: Orphan Black, Less Than Kind, Enemy nominated". CBC News, January 13, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ "Denis Villeneuve's Enemy is Toronto Film Critics' top Canadian pick". CBC News, January 6, 2015.
9.Jump up ^ Forrest Wickman, What Should We Make of Enemy’s Shocking Ending?, Slate.
10.Jump up ^ "Enemy (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Enemy Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "When Your Twin Is Far More Interesting". New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ "TIFF Review: 'Enemy'". Film.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
External links[edit]
 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enemy (film).
Enemy at the Internet Movie Database
Enemy at Rotten Tomatoes


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
Films directed by Denis Villeneuve


Cosmos (1996) ·
 August 32nd on Earth (1998) ·
 Maelström (2000) ·
 Polytechnique (2009) ·
 Incendies (2010) ·
 Prisoners (2013) ·
 Enemy (2013) ·
 Sicario (2015)
 

  


Categories: 2013 films
English-language films
2010s thriller films
2010s psychological thriller films
Canadian films
Canadian thriller films
Canadian erotic films
Erotic romance films
Erotic thriller films
Films based on thriller novels
Films based on Portuguese novels
Films directed by Denis Villeneuve
Films shot in Ontario
Films shot in Toronto
Spanish films
Spanish thriller films
Spanish erotic films






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