A history teacher discovers that there is another person identical to himself.
A film that's more complex than it deserves on a subject as old as the world. Visually interesting but also enticing as a puzzle to uncover, it becomes somewhat dull after a little thought. In addition, it can be quite difficult to talk about Enemy without some measure of spoilers. Using a somewhat simple network of symbols, the film can be interpreted in several ways: the character's doppelganger suggests the duality of the character and the inner struggle between the right choice and temptation and the spider that appears frequently can be either a transgression of the past surrounded by regret and melancholy or it can be the very present that follows a right choice, thus represented as an inhibition of one's true self.
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini
Rating: 7/10
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