How far would you go to get rich quick or clear a mountain of debt?That is the question Woody Allen asks in his dark new movie “Cassandra’s Dream“, starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as working class London brothers desperate to get ahead in life.

“It’s simply a story of some very nice young people who get caught up, because of their weaknesses and because of their ambitions, in a tragic situation that they bring upon themselves,” Allen told reporters in Venice, where his picture is being presented at the annual film festival.

The Oscar-winning U.S. director returns to the theme of ruthless ambition and moral ambiguity which he explored in his 2005 film “Match Point”, and said “Cassandra’s Dream” reflected his view of life as a “tremendously tragic event”.