Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin

1955 · 107 min · EN · 6.8 (203 votes)
Dir. Orson Welles · Starring Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Grégoire Aslan, Patricia Medina, Jack Watling, Mischa Auer · Music Paul Misraki

“Discovering the past can be murder...”

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Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.

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A disorienting dive into a man's obscured past. The atmosphere is thick with suspicion and a creeping dread, as secrets unravel in shadowy European locales. It’s a slow, deliberate descent into a labyrinth of unreliable narration and existential unease.

suspensefulunsettlingmysteriousparanoidmelancholicsteadyneo-noiratmosphericEuropean arthouseshadowyidentitymemoryobsessiondeception
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