Enemy

Enemy

2013 · 1h 31m · R

You can't escape yourself.

A mild-mannered college professor investigates the life of an actor who looks exactly like him.

Full synopsis

Adam Bell is a Toronto area History college professor. He is a rather somber man, largely because he is stuck in a routine, which includes a relationship with his live-in girlfriend, Mary. While watching a rental movie, he spots an actor in a bit part that looks like him. He becomes obsessed with finding out about this double of his. He learns that the actor's stage name is Daniel Saint Claire, whose legal name is Anthony Claire. Claire is a Toronto based actor with only a few on-screen credits, and is married to a woman named Helen who is currently several months pregnant. Adam then becomes obsessed with meeting Claire, who he learns upon first sighting that they look exactly the same, from the facial hair to a scar each has, but Claire who outwardly is more "put together" than Adam. Their lives become intertwined as Claire himself ends up becoming obsessed with Adam, but in a slightly different way.

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Cast (14)

Jake Gyllenhaal Jake Gyllenhaal Adam / Anthony Mélanie Laurent Mélanie Laurent Mary Sarah Gadon Sarah Gadon Helen Isabella Rossellini Isabella Rossellini Mother Joshua Peace Joshua Peace Teacher at School Tim Post Tim Post Anthony's Concierge Kedar Brown Kedar Brown Security Guard Darryl Dinn Darryl Dinn Video Store Clerk Misha Highstead Misha Highstead Lady in the Dark Room Alexis Uiga Lady in the Dark Room Kiran Friesen Kiran Friesen Sad, Broken Woman (uncredited) Loretta Yu Loretta Yu Receptionist (uncredited) Stephen R. Hart Stephen R. Hart Bouncer (uncredited) Paul Stephen Dark Room Patron (uncredited)