A Different Man
Directed by Aaron Schimberg
Written by Aaron Schimberg
Starring Sebastian Stan, Renata Reinsve, Aaron Pearson
Release Date January 21st, 2024
Published December 4th, 2024
A Different Man stars Sebastian Stan as an actor named Edward Lemuel. Edward has neurofibromatosis, his face is deeply disfigured. Living in New York City and struggling to get by with what little acting work he can get, Edward meets his new neighbor, Ingrid Vold (Renate Reinsve) and is immediately smitten. She’s an aspiring playwright and the two become friendly though it appears that Ingrid only wants to be friends with Edward, a heartbreaking feeling for poor Edward.
As he’s struggling along, Edward is also looking for treatments for his condition and an experimental procedure may be the key. Working with a shady doctor, Edward is stunned to find his condition improving and pieces of his old face are falling off to reveal a handsome new man. Not wanting Ingrid to know it’s him, Edward takes the chance to create a new identity, inventing a man named Guy Moratz and claiming to others that Edward had taken his own life.
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