---
title: 'You Were Never Really Here (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lynne Ramsay'
released: '2018-03-09'
runtime_minutes: 85
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/you-were-never-really-here-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5742374/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# You Were Never Really Here (2018)

2018 · R · 85 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United Kingdom, France, United States


## Synopsis

You Were Never Really Here is a 2017 neo-noir crime psychological thriller film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay. Based on the 2013 novella of the same name by Jonathan Ames, it stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman, and Judith Roberts. In the film, a traumatized mercenary named Joe (Phoenix) is hired by a politician to find and rescue his daughter who has been kidnapped by a human trafficking network in New York City, which Joe is instructed to destroy by any violent means. The film was co-produced between the United Kingdom and France.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lynne Ramsay](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-ramsay)
- **Screenplay:** [Lynne Ramsay](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-ramsay)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jonny Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonny-greenwood)
- **Editor:** [Joe Bini](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-bini)

## Cast

- [Alex Manette](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-manette)
- [Madison Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/madison-arnold)
- [John Doman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-doman)
- [Joaquin Phoenix](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquin-phoenix)
- [Novella Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/novella-nelson)
- [Ekaterina Samsonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ekaterina-samsonov)
- [Alessandro Nivola](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-nivola)
- [Judith Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-roberts)
- [Dante Pereira-Olson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-pereira-olson)

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Official site: http://www.youwereneverreallyhere.movie/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/you-were-never-really-here-2018
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