Full-Length A Most Violent Year Trailer Starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain

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Full-Length A MOST VIOLENT YEAR Trailer: Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain Expand Their Empire in 1981 New York

By Adam Chitwood

Published Nov 3, 2014

Watch the full-length A Most Violent Year trailer for director J.C. Chandor's crime drama starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, and Albert Brooks.

A24 Films has released the full-length A Most Violent Year trailer for director J.C. Chandor's (All Is Lost) upcoming crime drama ahead of the film's AFI Fest debut. The film is set in New York in 1981 and revolves around “an American immigrant (Oscar Isaac) and his wife (Jessica Chastain) trying to expand their business as violence and corruption threaten to destroy all they have built.” This looks to be very much a crime drama in the vein of The Sopranos, in that the focus is more on how the business impacts the family rather than the crime business itself. Chandor has been a talent to watch since his debut feature Margin Call, and after seeing him shift gears so dramatically with All Is Lost, I'm really curious to see what he has up his sleeve with this new film. Additionally, Isaac and Chastain are two of the best actors working today, so the prospect of seeming them lead a character-centric crime drama such as this is highly enticing. Can't wait for this one.

Watch the new A Most Violent Year trailer after the jump. The film also stars Albert Brooks, David Oyelowo, and Alessandro Nivola and opens in NY and LA on December 31st before expanding in January 2015.

Trailer courtesy of A24:

Here's the official synopsis:

Set during the winter of 1981 -- statistically one of the most crime-ridden of New York City’s history -- A MOST VIOLENT YEAR is a drama following the lives of an immigrant and his family as they attempt to capitalize on the American Dream, while the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

J.C. Chandor’s third feature examines one immigrant’s determined climb up a morally crooked ladder, where simmering rivalries and unprovoked attacks threaten his business, family, and - above all - his own unwavering belief in the righteousness of his path. With A MOST VIOLENT YEAR, Chandor journeys in a bold new direction, toward the place where best intentions yield to raw instinct, and where we are most vulnerable to compromise what we know to be right.