Released at this years Cannes Festival, it wowed critics with its dark tale of schizophrenia in the competitive world of Olympic Sports. Based on a true story, Bennett Miller won the Best Director Award at Cannes but the film itself was edged out by Winter Sleep which was an epic Turkish film. The film stars Steve Carell as John Eleuthère du Pont the trainer with Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo playing the brothers.
The story of Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum), who sees a way out from the shadow of his more celebrated wrestling brother Dave (Ruffalo) and a life of poverty when he is summoned by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont (Carell) to move onto his estate and train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Foxcatcher is released in the UK at the end of 2014 and trailer is embedded below:
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