Trance (2013)
Release Year: 2013
Nation: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Alternative Title: En trance, Em Transe, Trance - Gefährliche Erinnerung, Transs, Transz, In trance, Transo busena, Trans, Capcana mintii, Транс
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge
Production & Genre
Producer(s):
Companies: Cloud Eight Films, Decibel Films, Film4 Productions, Firstep, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, Pathé, TSG Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Mystery Film, Thriller
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Keywords
Keywords: amnesia, art thief, double cross, duringcreditsstinger, excited, forgotten memory, heist, hypnotism, implanted memory, intense, loss of sense of reality, plot twist, suppressed memory, tense
Story
Simon, an art auctioneer, becomes involved with a gang planning to steal a painting by Goya, 'Witches and Old Woman'. During the heist, things go awry and Simon suffers a blow to the head, causing him to lose his memory about what happened to the painting. Desperate to find it, the gang turns to hypnotherapist Elizabeth Lamb. They convince her to help them retrieve the painting by threatening her life. Under hypnosis, Simon recalls that he hid the painting in a safe deposit box at a bank but can't remember where. The search for the painting's location becomes increasingly tense as boundaries between reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur.
Summary
Directed by Danny Boyle, 'Trance' is a 2013 mystery thriller set in the art world. The film follows Simon, an auctioneer who becomes entangled in a heist gone wrong involving a valuable painting. In his attempt to retrieve the lost artwork, Simon undergoes hypnotherapy sessions with Dr. Elizabeth Lamb, leading to a complex game of manipulation and deceit among the characters.
