A Most Violent Year

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A Most Violent Year is a period crime from Academy Award nominated director J. C. Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost). Oscar Issac and Jessica Chastain star as Abel and Anna Morales, owners of a growing heating-oil business in New York City during 1981. The film co-stars David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, and Albert Brooks.

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR is a searing crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically the most dangerous year in the city’s history. From acclaimed writer/director J.C. Chandor, and starring Oscar Isaac (INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS) and Jessica Chastain (ZERO DARK THIRTY), this gripping story plays out within a maze of rampant political and industry corruption plaguing the streets of a city in decay. J.C. Chandor’s third feature examines one immigrant’s determined climb up a morally crooked ladder, where simmering rivalries and unprovoked attacks threaten his business, family, and––above all––his unwavering belief in the righteousness of his own path.

After playing a man with seemingly no control over his own life in Inside Llewyn Davis, Issac enjoyed the idea of playing a character willing to do anything to remain in control. “In Abel I saw an interesting juxtaposition: the wannabe hyper-capitalist desperate to attain the finer things in life who struggles with resorting to violence as a short-cut to grabbing the gold.”

A Most Violent Year is rated 14A.