Director: Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener
Certificate: TBC
Release Date: Friday 15th May

From the inspired brain that wrote Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind comes an awe-inspiring look at life and one man's grapple with his transcient mortality. The directorial debut of Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche New York concerns Caden Cotard (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), a theatre director plagued by artistic ambition, neuroses, and a bizarre collection of physical conditions.

Determined to create a work of honesty, he assembles a cast in a warehouse. And then proceeds to direct them in an imitation of the world outside. With someone playing him and him playing someone else, it's only a matter of time before he loses all sense of reality...