The international trailer for David Cronenberg’s  A Dangerous Method starring Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen has been released via the official website for the film.

The film, with a script by the writer of Dangerous Liasons, Christopher Hampton, stars Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud, Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung and Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein, first Freud’s and then Jung’ patient, who became the latter’s mistress.

This trailer doesn’t have a “red band”, but just so you’re aware, it probably should.  (It’s an international version and lord knows they aren’t as uptight as the MPAA, who hasn’t rated the film yet. I think we can count on a “hard R.) Don’t get me wrong, I’m by no means complaining! I had already been looking forward to the film and imagining what an onscreen matchup of this calibre would be like. From the two minutes pictured here, I think I can sum it up rather succinctly: HOT! Smoking, scorching hot in every sense of the word. This has Oscar bait written all over it.  It’s only June and I think we’re looking at one of the most exciting awards seasons in recent memory.

A Dangerous Method, already schedule to play at the Venice and the Toronto International Film Festivals, was recently picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, but no release date has been set. It has a UK release date of 10 February 2012