You’re already going to be pretty spoiled this fall with Michael Shannon performances, with the actor delivering two quite different turns in Tom Ford‘s “Nocturnal Animals” and Jeff Nichols‘ “Loving.” But if you need one more, Shannon is going to go down the rabbit hole of a dangerous romance in the upcoming “Frank & Lola.”
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Written and directed by Matthew Ross, and co-starring Michael Nyqvist, Justin Long, Emmanuelle Devos, and Rosanna Arquette, the drama centers on a Las Vegas chef who begins falling for an aspiring fashion designer, who can’t seem to escape her past, leading to some deadly consequences. Here’s the official synopsis:
Set in Las Vegas and Paris, two of the world’s most glamorous cities, FRANK & LOLA is a psychosexual noir romance about love and sex, obsession and betrayal, revenge and redemption. Matthew Ross’s debut feature stars Michael Shannon as Frank, an up-and-coming chef, and Imogen Poots as Lola, an aspiring fashion designer, who find one another at a point when each is at a defining moment in life. Their affair is sudden, passionate, and seemingly everything Frank has always wanted. But, his happiness proves short-lived when a man from Lola’s past, a past that is full of secrets, turns up on the scene, forcing Frank to question whether he can trust Lola—or himself.
“Frank & Lola” premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, and opens on December 9th in theaters and on Digital HD.
