The Assistant (2019)

Directed by

Kitty Green

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 535 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman works as a junior assistant at a film production company. The story follows a single day of small indignities and quiet pressures in a toxic workplace.

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What happens

The Assistant is a 2019 American drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Kitty Green. The film stars Julia Garner as a junior assistant at a film production company with Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh, Kristine Froseth, Jon Orsini, and Noah Robbins in supporting roles. The Assistant premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019, and was released in the United States on January 31, 2020, by Bleecker Street. It was well-received by critics, who especially praised Garner's performance and the film's claustrophobic depiction of office life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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