The Double
Richard Ayoade, UK 2013
This screening takes place on a Monday instead of a Tuesday.
The feeling of invisibility spirals into a nightmarish reality in this adaptation of Dostoevsky’s The Double, directed by Richard Ayoade.
Timid office clerk Simon James has worked at his company for seven years, yet he remains ignored by his boss and colleagues. He struggles to connect even with his coworker Hannah, for whom he harbors secret feelings. When he arrives at the office one day to find himself confronted by his own doppelgänger, he sees everything he is not reflected in this lifelike mirror image: social, confident, and determined. Reality becomes increasingly absurd, forcing Simon to finally step out of his introverted persona.
An absurdist tale—set against a Kafkaesque backdrop—that remains entertaining from start to finish.-Lucas
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