In this off-kilter and clever drama, David Thewlis, better known as the wolfen professor from the Harry Potter movies, plays Martin Frost, a novelist holed up in a secluded cabin. After he begins his work on a new book, Martin awakens one morning to find a mysterious woman (Irene Jacob) sleeping beside him, claiming to be the niece of the cabin's owner. Their unsettling love affair is made stranger still when an aspiring writer (Michael Imperioli) offers up his troubled daughter to Martin. "Weird and whimsical" (Salon.com). Written and directed by Paul Auster, acclaimed author of The New York Trilogy and filmmaker of Blue in the Face.

Paul Auster---USA/Portugal---2007---93 mins.