At The Cinema at Gloucester Guildhall this week: To unlock the most fragile of minds requires 'A Dangerous Method'

Following the success of Coriolanus and our 'Screen Tea from Overseas' selection Las Acacias, The Cinema at Gloucester Guildhall continues its March programme this week with the release of A Dangerous Method, the latest from master director David Cronenberg (A History Of Violence, Eastern Promises, Crash). Heralded as one of the most audacious and challenging narrative directors in the English speaking world, his previous works which portray how the psychological is intertwined with the physical, makes him an ideal choice to helm a film whose primary subject is the birth of psychoanalytical theory and the turbulent relationship between its two founders and their first patient.

Set on the eve WWI, the film opens with the driven Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender, Shame) seduced by the challenge of an impossible case: to the take the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keria Knightley- Never Let Me Go) as his patient. Jung's secret weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen-The Road). Whilst it signals a marriage of minds between Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, and Jung, founder of analytical psychology, it equally creates an unbalance between them as they fall under the seductive spell of Speilrein.

Co-starring Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and adapted from John Kerr's 1993 original non-fiction text by the Oscar nominated screenwriter Christopher Hampton (Atonement), the film also marks David Cronenberg's third partnership with both Viggo Mortensen (A History Of Violence, Eastern Promises) and producer partner Jeremy Thomas (Naked Lunch, Crash). It ultimately proves to be a provocative historical fiction about the early days of psychoanalysis, buoyed by terrific performances from the three main leads.

Premiering at last year's Venice Film Festival and opening to critical applause when released in UK in February (**** The Independent, **** Evening Standard, "Rich and Compelling" Danny Leigh-Film 2012) don't miss your chance to see this superb and enthralling film that marks a welcome return of masterful director. 

Check out the trailer below:

A Dangerous Method (15) runs from Friday 9th-Thursday 15th March 2012.