Nightmare Alley

USA, 1939. Stanton is an illusionist mind-reader in a traveling carnival who crafts a golden ticket to success by using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of New York society. A mysterious psychoanalyst convinces Stanton to use his skills for far-reaching purposes. Guillermo del Toro demonstrates the magnitude of his talent for directing visually mesmerizing scenes, through which he captures the addiction to the illusion of power and the cost of this deception.