THE DOUBLE

By Richard AYOADE

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Black comedy - Completed 2012

Richard Ayoade's second feature, co-written with Avi Korine, is a dark comedy; a funny and frightening story about an insignificant man driven to near breakdown by the appearance of his doppelganger

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2013
Special Presentations
Sundance Film Festival 2014
Spotlight
    • Year of production
    • 2012
    • Genres
    • Black comedy
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Richard AYOADE
    • Writer(s)
    • Avi KORINE, Richard AYOADE
    • Producer(s)
    • Amina DASMAL (Alcove Ent), Robin FOX (Alcove Ent)
    • Synopsis
    • Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life. It's a nightmare from which he's unable to awake.
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Jun 01, 2012