The Two Faces of January Movie Updates

A thriller set in Greece and Istanbul, 1962, and adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel. Intrigue begins at the Parthenon when wealthy American tourists Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) and his young wife Collete (Kirsten Dunst) meet American expat Rydal (Oscar Isaac), a scammer working as a tour guide. Instead of becoming his latest marks, the two befriend him, but a murder at the couple’s hotel puts all three on the run together and creates a precarious bond between them as the trio’s allegiance is put to the test.

A con kills a Greek policeman, quite possibly by accident. His wife and an American tutor help to extricate him from his bind. The trio enter a high-stakes game with the authorities and one another as they attempt to cover up the crime and flee Athens to the Greek islands and finally to Istanbul.

Follows a con artist, his wife and a stranger who try to flee a foreign country after one of them is caught up in the murder of a police officer.