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The Limits of Control
ORIGINAL TITLE The Limits of Control
YEAR
2009  
RUNNING TIME
110 min.   Watch Trailers/Videos
COUNTRY
  (New) Visual section
DIRECTOR Jim Jarmusch
SCREENWRITER Jim Jarmusch
COMPOSER Boris
CINEMATOGRAPHER Christopher Doyle
CAST Isaach De Bankolé, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Gael García Bernal, Paz de la Huerta, Hiam Abbass, Youki Kudoh, Luis Tosar, Óscar Jaenada, Jean-François Stévenin, Alex Descas
STUDIO/PRODUCER Co-production Spain-USA-Japan; Entertainment Farm (EF) / PointBlank Films / Focus Features
OFFICIAL WEB http://www.filminfocus.com/film/the_limits_of_control
GENRE Thriller. Drama | Crime. Indie USA
SYNOPSIS/PLOT The Limits of Control is the story of a mysterious loner (played by Mr. De Bankolé), a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. His journey, paradoxically both intently focused and dreamlike, takes him not only across Spain but also through his own consciousness.

The Limits of Control is the new movie from filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Down by Law). The film is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise). The location shoot there united the writer/director with acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, Paranoid Park).

Isaach De Bankolé stars in the lead role for Mr. Jarmusch; this marks the duo’s fourth collaboration over nearly two decades, following Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and Coffee and Cigarettes. The Limits of Control also features several other actors with whom Mr. Jarmusch has previously worked, including Alex Descas, John Hurt, Youki Kudoh, Bill Murray, and Tilda Swinton; and actors new to his films, including Hiam Abbass, Gael García Bernal, Paz De La Huerta, Jean-François Stévenin, and Luis Tosar.
PRO REVIEWS ----------------------------------------
"A Minimalist exercise in the key of cool (...) A nondramatic work best appreciated as a pure image-and-sound event." (Manohla Dargis: The New York Times)
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"If you strip a story down to its bare essentials, you will have very little left. I wonder how he pitched this idea to his investors. (...) Rating: 0.5 (out of four)" (Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times)
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"Neither funny nor thrilling, (...) This is one of those movies that's too cool to have a plot. (...) Rating: *1/2 (out of four)." (Lou Lumenick: New York Post)
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