Forty Winks

Mar 19, 2022

1h 20m

★ 5.7

The Life of a Hypnotist

Overview

Forty Winks follows Fabio Berker, struggling Hypnotist in New York City, as he is blackmailed into being the world's first hypnotist hit man by a mysterious woman who finds out his degree is fake.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Thriller

Production Companies

River Styx Productions

Forty Winks Trailers

Cast

Fabio Berker

Justin Marcel McManus

Connie Montoya

Susan Sarandon

Nina Sherman

Carmen Ejogo

Mr. Monroe

Danny Burstein

Milo

John Turturro

Wesley

Leon Addison Brown

The Narrator (voice)

Hart Bochner

Daryl Camacho

Ben Shenkman

Dan Finnerty

Kieth

David Cromer

Sharon

Lianna Pai

Carl

John Ellison Conlee

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5.5

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7.3

Mother's Day

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5.5

Final Arrangements

Nov 5, 2008

An American funeral director is recruited to a job in Paris.

10.0

Eternal Life & Associates

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6.6

Taxidermia

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0.0

Brigi: El poder de la red

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6.2

Terribly Happy

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6.7

MUTE

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5.4

Observe and Report

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8.2

Woman in the Dunes

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5.8

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3.9

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7.0

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7.2

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5.2

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0.0

Heart Breaker

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5.7

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