TransSiberian

Brad Anderson’s follow-up to The Machinist is an equally unsettling portrait of a couple caught up in the machinations of the Russian underworld.

  • Director

    Brad Anderson

  • With

    Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara

  • Germany-UK-Spain-Lithuania 2008. 111min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

  • With some English subtitles

Starting like a well-made ‘strangers on a train’ thriller, this soon takes a Dostoevskian turn as Jessie (Emily Mortimer in a formidable central performance) is pushed to confront ever darker realms of her own nature. It may put you off talking to people on trains, but TransSiberian evokes powerfully the euphoria, chaos and horrors of Russia’s post-Soviet ‘mafias’ period. And Ben Kingsley’s narcotics officer is easily as scary as his East End gangster in Sexy Beast.

The screening on Saturday 18 July 12:15 NFT3 will be presented with Descriptive Subtitles.