Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’ Gets A Release Date!

A few weeks ago we showed you the intriguing first trailer for Danny Boyle’s Trance. UK audiences knew when they’d be able to see the film, but things were still up in the air on our North American shores.

Fox Searchlight revealed today when we’ll be able to check this one out, and luckily, it isn’t too far off! Trance will begin its limited theatrical run on April 5th, which is of course just a few months away.

Haven’t seen the trailer? Watch it below, and mark your calendars; Trance looks like it could be something special.

TRANCE, directed by Oscar®-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) and co-written by Oscar®-nominated long term collaborator John Hodge (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting) is a seductive and enigmatic thriller starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson.

Fine art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy), in league with a gang led by underworld boss Franck (Cassel), plots the audacious theft of a masterpiece by Goya from a major public auction. When Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck retaliates violently and knocks him unconscious.

In the aftermath of the heist, Simon sticks stubbornly – and perhaps shrewdly – to his claim that the violent trauma has left him with no memory of where he stashed the artwork.

Unable to coerce the painting’s location from Simon, Franck and his associates reluctantly join forces with a charismatic hypnotherapist (Dawson) in a bid to get him to talk. But as they journey deeper into Simon’s jumbled psyche the boundaries between reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur and the stakes rise faster and far more dangerously than any of the players could have anticipated.