A melancholy, depressed and jaded television reporter assumes the identity of a dead man while at a hotel in a north African country, not knowing that the man was a renowned arms smuggler. The newsman sees this switch as a last desperate chance to escape his old life and start anew. However, as he begins to take on the characteristics of his new persona and understand his shady involvements, the decision becomes a risky one, which leads to an inevitable showdown.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: PG-13
RUN TIME: 2h 3m
RELEASE DATE: October 28, 2005
STARRING: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff
DIRECTOR(S): Michelangelo Antonioni
PRODUCER(S): Carlo Ponti
WRITER(S): Michelangelo Antonioni, Mark Peploe, Peter Wollen
STUDIO: Sony Pictures Classics
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