Videos: Dark Horse

A troubled young woman finds hope when she is sentenced to perform community service at a horse farm.

Romance blooms between two 30-somethings in arrested development: an avid toy collector and a woman who is the dark horse of her family.

Romance blooms between two 30-somethings in arrested development: an avid toy collector and a woman who is the dark horse of her family.

Fourth part of the question and answer session with for Dark Horse at the New York Film Festival.

Second part of the question and answer session with for Dark Horse at the New York Film Festival.

First part of the question and answer session with for Dark Horse at the New York Film Festival.

Seventh part of the question and answer session with for Dark Horse at the New York Film Festival.

Eighth part of the question and answer session with for Dark Horse at the New York Film Festival.

Fifth part of the question and answer session with for Dark Horse at the New York Film Festival.

Sixth part of the question and answer session with for Dark Horse at the New York Film Festival.

Third part of the question and answer session with for Dark Horse at the New York Film Festival.

Romance blooms between two thirty-somethings in arrested development: an avid toy collector and a woman who is the dark horse of her family.

Trailer for Dark Horse. Writer and director Todd Solondz examines the irretrievability of youth and the mercilessness of time passing in Dark Horse. In his mid-30s, Abe (Jordan Gelber) clings to the trappings of his adolescence. Still living with his parents Jackie (Christopher Walken) and Phyllis (Mia Farrow), Abe works for his increasingly disappointed Dad and spends evenings ruthlessly trouncing his Mom at backgammon. When Abe meets Miranda (Selma Blair), whose personal and professional disasters have sent her scrambling back to the safety of her parents' suburban home, he sees what he thinks is a chance at true love. As the couple haltingly prepares to start a new life together, the film swerves into Abe's subconscious, where his crippling self-doubt and dark fears begin to undermine his nearly realized dream of a fuller life.

Writer and director Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, Life During Wartime) examines the irretrievability of youth and the mercilessness of time passing in Dark Horse. In his mid-30s, Abe (Jordan Gelber) clings to the trappings of his adolescence. Still living with his parents Jackie (Christopher Walken) and Phyllis (Mia Farrow), Abe works for his increasingly disappointed Dad and spends evenings ruthlessly trouncing his Mom at backgammon. When Abe meets Miranda (Selma Blair), whose personal and professional disasters have sent her scrambling back to the safety of her parents' suburban home, he sees what he thinks is a chance at true love. As the couple haltingly prepares to start a new life together, the film swerves into Abe's subconscious, where his crippling self-doubt and dark fears begin to undermine his nearly realized dream of a fuller life.

In his mid-30s, Abe (Jordan Gelber) clings to the trappings of his adolescence, still living with his parents Jackie (Christopher Walken) and Phyllis (Mia Farrow). When Abe meets Miranda (Selma Blair), whose personal and professional disasters have sent her scrambling back to the safety of her parents’ suburban home, he sees what he thinks is a chance at true love. As the couple haltingly prepares to start a new life together, the film swerves into Abe’s subconscious, where his crippling self-doubt and dark fears begin to undermine his nearly realized dream of a fuller life. Tempering his trademark lacerating humor with unexpected tenderness, Solondz creates a poignant and provocative portrait of a besieged man-child and his fractured family - the story of a longtime dark horse struggling to come from behind.