The Adjuster

The Adjuster

1991 · 102 min · EN · 6.0 (79 votes)
Dir. Atom Egoyan · Starring Elias Koteas, Arsinée Khanjian, Maury Chaykin, Gabrielle Rose, Jennifer Dale, David Hemblen · Music Mychael Danna

“Some people work in mysterious ways.”

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An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.

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A tense, voyeuristic dive into repressed desires and the unsettling dynamics of control. It feels like peering through a keyhole at forbidden pleasures, wrapped in a suffocating, stylishly bleak atmosphere.

unsettlingprovocativesleazyclaustrophobicsteadyarthouseerotic thrillerperiod piecesexualityrepressionvoyeurismsocial control
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