Trance

Trance is a 2013 British psychological thriller from the Director of 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire, Shallow Grave and Trainspotting.

Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a Goya painting worth millions of dollars, but after suffering a blow to the head during the heist he awakens to discover he has no memory of where he hid the painting. When physical threats and torture fail to produce answers, the gang’s leader Frank (Vincent Cassel) hires hypnotherapist Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson) to delve into the darkest recesses of Simon’s psyche.

As Elizabeth begins to unravel Simon’s broken subconscious, the lines between truth, suggestion, and deceit begin to blur.

Critic Reviews:

• " [A] stunning film and another [Danny] Boyle triumph that simply must be seen. " – Nikki Baughan

• " It is a frenetic, haunting genre-bender that grabs hold of and keeps your attention from its first moments to its last. " – Leslie Combemale

• " McAvoy is winsome as an everyman who can't remember why he decided to be exceptional. And Dawson is so smooth, her mesmerizing performance papers over all of the problems with the plot. " – Kelly Jane Torrance