Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal’s mystery thriller you shouldn’t watch if you have arachnophobia

In recent years, the Canadian director Denis Villeneuve has experienced an increase in popularity thanks to films such as “Blade Runner 2049”, “Sicario” or “Dune”. But in 2013 he released two thrillers, both starring Jake Gyllenhaal, but one with a more modest budget, with a great story, but with some fears that arachnophobes won’t like it.

The first of those two films was “Enemy” or “The Duplicate Man’, a mystery thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Sarah Gadon, Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rosselini, Alexis Uiga, among others. The story is based on the book of the same name by José Saramago, adapted by Javier Gullón, who was the screenwriter of the plot.

Currently it cannot be seen ‘Enemy’ into streaming platforms, but can be rented or rented from services such as Filmin, Rakuten TV or from the Apple iTunes, Amazon Prime Video and Google Play Movies stores. It is worth mentioning that ‘The duplicate man’ is a Spanish-Canadian psychological thriller, which was distributed by A24 in the United States and some parts of the world.

It premiered in the Special Presentation section at the Toronto International Film Festival and won 5 Screen Awards. But, moving on to the story of ‘Enemy’, it all starts when a man frequents an erotic club, when a woman is about to squash a tarantula, and in another part, a young pregnant woman comes to sit alone on the lap of your read.

‘Enemy’, of spiders and mothers

It seems like we really don’t want you to see it, but it’s that ‘Enemy’ it should not be seen by people with arachnophobiaand not only because they appear a few times during the film, but because the story of ‘The Duplicate Man delves into the depths of the psyche of its protagonist, Jake Gyllenhaal, the relationship with his mother and the figure represented by spiders.

In general terms, ‘Enemy’ is about a college professor who one day rents a movie to distract himself. Enjoying the storyline, the teacher realizes that the teacher is very similar to him, even identical. Thus begins a strange obsession with the actor’s life, which leads him to revelations about himself that he never would have imagined.

Throughout the story, the look of the different spiders in the film makes sense, and if you’re smart enough, you’ll understand why Denis Villeneuve put them there, in all their forms, in webs, images, and even representations of monstrous creatures. . that will surely haunt your worst nightmares, or worse yet, your relationships and your thoughts.