Side Effects
- Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rooney Mara
- Steven Soderbergh
- February 8, 2013
Synopsis
«Side Effects» is a provocative thriller about Emily and Martin, a successful New York couplewhose world unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily’s psychiatrist (Jude Law), intendedto treat anxiety, has unexpected side effects.Emily and Martin Taylor are a young, beautiful, wealthy couple living the good life, untilMartin is sent to prison for insider trading. For four years, Emily waits for him, but his releaseis just as devastating as his incarceration and Emily sinks into a deep depression. After a failedsuicide attempt, psychiatrist Jonathan Banks is called in to consult on Emily’s case. Emilyagrees to a regimen of therapy and antidepressants. When Emily’s symptoms don’t improve,Banks prescribes a new medication that quiets her demons. But the side effects of the drughave chilling consequences…but who is responsible? Devastated by this professional setback,Banks becomes obsessed with finding an answer.
Emily y Martin Taylor conforman una acaudalada pareja joven y bella, que llevan una buena vida, hasta queMartin es enviado a prisión por tráfico de información privilegiada. Durante cuatro años, Emily lo espera,pero la liberación de Martin es tan devastadora como su encarcelamiento, y Emily se hunde en una profundadepresión. Después de haber intentado suicidarse, contactan al psiquiatra Jonathan Banks para consultarlesobre el caso de Emily. Emily accede a seguir un régimen de terapia y antidepresivos. Al no presentar mejoras,Banks le receta un nuevo medicamento para tranquilizar a sus demonios. Pero los efectos secundarios de estadroga traen escalofriantes consecuencias… pero ¿quién es el responsable? Devastado por este revés profesional,Banks se obsesiona con encontrar una respuesta.