Cannes: Laura Linney Joins 'A Slight Trick of the Mind' — hollywoodreporter.com

Laura Linney has joined the cast of A Slight Trick of the Mind, which will mark the fourth collaboration between the actress and director Bill Condon. The film is a new take on the tale of Sherlock Holmes. Set in 1947, an aging Holmes (Ian McKellen) returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside Sussex farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days with only the company of his housekeeper (Linney) and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement.

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