Kevin Spacey Plays ‘The Devil’ in Trailer for Italian Indie Thriller ‘The Contract,’ Set for Cairo Film Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian indie thriller “The Contract,” starring Kevin Spacey as a character named “The Devil,” is set to world premiere at the Cairo Film Festival this week, without Spacey on the red carpet in the Egyptian capital’s Opera House.

In the film, Spacey plays a role that has been described in promotional materials as somewhat akin to Al Pacino’s role in “Devil’s Advocate”– or as Satan who takes the guise of a human lawyer.

The tagline of the rather rudimentary poster for “The Contract” is “When Hell Surrounds You The Devil Is Your Last Hope.” In the trailer, for what looks like a low-budget TV movie, Spacey’s character, is seen screaming lines such as: “I can feel it when they lie to me on purpose, and I go crazy!” and “I don’t care about the past, it’s all long gone!” The psychological thriller is directed by Italy’s Massimo Paolucci and also stars Eric Roberts and Vincent Spano, It will bow in Cairo on Nov.

14, with the film’s Italian team comprising Paolucci, the film’s producer Massimiliano Caroletti and cast members Jennifer Caroletti, Mercedesz Henger and Fabrizio Eleuteri.