- OFFICIAL COMPETITION: Venice International Film Festival -

Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Challengers) and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes (Challengers) adapt William Burroughs' complex novella of a lonely man's search for connection.

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee (Daniel Craig), an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. The arrival in town of Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

Some Spanish and French language, English subtitles.