Nocturnal Animals 2

As Venice Film Festival winds down, one of the clear favorites is Tom Ford‘s follow-up to A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals, which we said in our review, “With everything going on, Nocturnal Animals is the sort of narrative and tonal minefield that a lesser director could easily have gotten lost in. Ford allows us to consider and cherish each unique thread and wonder just how it could all possibly come together.” Ahead of a trailer, Focus Features have now released a set of character posters, playing off the novelistic aspect of the film and introducing the characters played by Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

“On our very first phone call, Tom went into great detail about how personal this story was to him, how it was a reflection of previous loves he had had and lost,” Gyllenhaal tells THR. “And the first day I sat down in person with him was an interesting feeling. I was worried that he would focus on the aesthetic over the heart of the story — perhaps this is my own prejudice. (He did notice a detail on the jeans I was wearing from very far away!) But he was so different than I expected. He had thousands of research photographs. He had a palette for each character. Everything was packed with thought and detail.”

Check out the new posters and images below.

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Nocturnal Animals premiered at the 2016 Venice Film Festival and will hit theaters on November 18.

See our complete Venice 2016 coverage.

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