To get to the terribly upsetting answer, Cuarón – adapting the page-turning novel by Renee Knight – engages his audience in a number of visual and narrative games, the nature of which veers between luxuriously high-minded and of the cheaply parlour variety.

Director Alfonso Cuaron, left, and Cate Blanchett pose for portraits to promote the Apple TV series "Disclaimer" during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Friday, Aug. 30,

A high-class potboiler from Alfonso Cuarón, the psychological thriller “Disclaimer” follows an elegant and respected documentary filmmaker in London, played by Cate Blanchett, whose life is turned upside down and inside out when she’s gifted a self-published novel that is a roman à clef about her.

Blanchett And Kline Premiere New Series 'Disclaimer' In Venice Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and Alfonso Cuarn walked the Venice Film Festival red carpet for the world premiere of their television series Disclaimer,