Nocturnal Animals (2016) on Netflix
Susan Morrow, a Los Angeles art gallery owner, receives a manuscript from Edward Sheffield, her ex-husband. It tells of Tony Hastings, whose West Texas road trip with his family turns violent.
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Plot summary
A manuscript arrives from Edward Sheffield, the ex-husband Susan Morrow has not seen in almost twenty years. He asks her opinion of his novel, Nocturnal Animals, dedicated to her and named after his nickname for her, and he wants to meet while he is in Los Angeles. Susan owns an upscale gallery there, and her marriage to Hutton Morrow is deteriorating. In the novel, Tony Hastings drives through West Texas with his wife Laura and their teenage daughter India, who complains that there is no phone signal out there. Three men force the family's car off the road and confront them on the empty highway.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The movie's last scene, set in a Japanese restaurant, was shot in the main building of the Yamashiro Historic District.
- Focus Features acquired the US distribution rights for $20 million, the biggest deal of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
