Opening Night
This Tempting Madness
United States • 2025 • 113 min • English
A young woman awakens from a coma, grievously injured and with her memory fractured, to discover that her husband has been arrested. As she begins to piece together the events that led to her condition, she struggles to separate truth from distortion, unsure of what she can trust.
As fragments of her past resurface, her search for clarity gives way to doubt, and she starts to question her own actions as well as the reality she thought she understood. With tension mounting and the truth remaining elusive, she must confront a shifting narrative where memory, perception, and identity are increasingly uncertain.
Available in person only.
June 4, 8:00 PM EST
DC Premiere
Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market
Washington, DC
Credits
Director(s)
Jennifer E. Montgomery
Screenwriter
Jennifer E. Montgomery
Andrew Davis
Producers
Jennifer E. Montgomery
Andrew Davis
Jessica Malanaphy
Marcei Brown
William Day Frank
Director of Photography
Andrew Davis
Editor
Kiran Pallegadda
Cast
Simone Ashley
Austin Stowell
Suraj Sharma
Mojean Aria
Amol Shah
Meet the Artist
Jennifer E. Montgomery
Clement Virgo is one of Canada’s foremost film directors, with a career spanning both film and television. His debut feature, Rude (1995), premiered at Cannes in Un Certain Regard and went on to screen at major festivals including TIFF, London, and Sundance, later returning to Locarno as part of the Black Light retrospective celebrating significant 20th century Black cinema. His subsequent films, including Lie With Me and Poor Boy’s Game, screened internationally at festivals such as TIFF, Berlinale, and Pusan, with Lie With Me selling in over 50 countries.
Known for his distinct voice as a Black filmmaker, Virgo has brought his cinematic approach to acclaimed television series including The Wire (HBO), Billions (Showtime), Monster (Netflix), and Greenleaf (OWN), where he also served as executive producer alongside Oprah Winfrey. In 2015, he directed and wrote the limited series adaptation of The Book of Negroes, earning nominations for the Critics Choice Awards and the Peabody Award. His recent feature, Brother, based on the novel by David Chariandy, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.