Cosmopolis (2012)

Directed by

David Cronenberg

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

France, Portugal, Italy, Canada

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 1,350 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A billionaire asset manager travels across a Manhattan gridlocked by protests. Along the way he encounters a series of people who challenge his worldview.

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What happens

Cosmopolis is a 2012 drama film written, produced, and directed by David Cronenberg. It stars Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Samantha Morton, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Juliette Binoche, Jay Baruchel and Kevin Durand. It is based on Don DeLillo's 2003 novel of the same name. On 25 May 2012, the film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film was released in Canada on 8 June 2012, and began a limited release in the United States on 17 August 2012 by eOne Films. It is Cronenberg's first script since eXistenZ in 1999. It received polarizing reviews on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic and performed poorly at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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