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The Man in My Basement (2025) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Directed by
- Nadia Latif
- Starring
- Willem Dafoe, Corey Hawkins, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Mark Arnold, Anna Diop
In Sag Harbor’s African‑American community, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is unemployed, financially strained and facing foreclosure on his family home. When enigmatic businessman Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe) appears at his door, he offers a strange but lucrative deal: Charles can lease his dusty, unused basement, to save the house.
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