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Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Cast
Amy Adams
Susan Morrow
Jake Gyllenhaal
Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings
Michael Shannon
Bobby Andes
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Ray Marcus
Isla Fisher
Laura Hastings
Ellie Bamber
India Hastings
Armie Hammer
Hutton Morrow
Zawe Ashton
Alex
Karl Glusman
Lou Bates
Keywords
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