The film stars James McAvoy as an art thief who steals a valuable painting, only to sustain a head injury and forget where he hid it. In comes Rosario Dawson as a therapist whose job it is to hypnotize him and find the location. The film also stars Vincent Cassel being a badass as usual. Plan to see Trance when it hits the States April 5th, hit the jump for the trailer and synopsis.
Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a Goya painting worth millions of dollars, but after suffering a blow to the head during the heist he awakens to discover he has no memory of where he hid the painting. When physical threats and torture fail to produce answers, the gang’s leader Frank (Vincent Cassel) hires hypnotherapist Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson) to delve into the darkest recesses of Simon’s psyche. As Elizabeth begins to unravel Simon’s broken subconscious, the line between truth, suggestion, and deceit begin to blur.
