Synopsis Nightmare Alley, Film Starring Bradley Cooper And Cate Blanchett

JAKARTA - The film Nightmare Alley starts showing in theaters on January 19, 2022. The film, starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett, is directed by Guillermo del Toro, with a screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan, and is an adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham's 1946 novel. The film also stars Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn.

Nightmare Alley presents a classic noir story with a new nuance that has attracted the attention of the public and has received various positive reactions from critics and a series of international media. The film has also received nominations at various prestigious award events, including the 2022 Critics Choice Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and six other categories.

Through Nightmare Alley, Del Toro takes audiences to a carnival in the 1930s to follow the story of Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a man who has a dark past and wants to change his life.

Stanton learns how to live at the carnival very quickly, thanks to the help of fortune teller Zeena (Toni Collette) and her husband Pete (David Strathairn) who is a former mentalist.

From them, he turned into a greedy con man and master manipulator. Stanton was also aware of the benefits of seizing the treasures of New York's elite in the 1940s.

With his knowledge, he begins to plot a scam against a wealthy but dangerous businessman with a mysterious psychiatrist, Dr. Lilith Ritter, who might bring an end to her crimes.

Del Toro also revealed that he wanted to develop his directing style in a new direction through this film. "This is my first film that tells the story of a world full of wonders, but not set in a fantasy world. This film uses a realistic setting," Del Toro said in a media release, Wednesday, January 19.

Nightmare Alley brings the audience into a story full of crime, greed, betrayal, success, and also the dark side of capitalism in America. "I want to bring a classic story with a lively and contemporary style. I want the audience to feel that they are witnessing a story that is close to our world," he said.