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Cosmopolis is a 2012 drama film starring Robert Pattinson, directed by David Cronenberg. It is based on the novel of the same name by Don DeLillo. On May 25, 2012, the film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival,drawing mixed early critical reactions.The film was released in Canada on June 8, 2012 and is scheduled to have a limited release in the United States on August 17, 2012.
Director:
David Cronenberg
Writers:
David Cronenberg (screenplay),
Don DeLillo (novel)
Stars:
Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Sarah Gadon
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New York City, not-too-distant-future: Eric Packer, a 28 year-old
finance golden boy dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this
one, watches a dark shadow cast over the firmament of the Wall Street
galaxy, of which he is the uncontested king. As he is chauffeured across
midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father's old barber, his
anxious eyes are glued to the yuan's exchange rate: it is mounting
against all expectations, destroying Eric's bet against it.Billionaire Eric Packer (Pattinson) rides slowly across Manhattan
in his limousine that he uses as his office while on his way to his
preferred barber, even though there are traffic jams. The traffic jams
are caused by a visit of the president of the United States and by the
funeral of Eric's favourite musician, whose music he plays in one of his
two private elevators. He has recently married. In the car and
elsewhere, he has meetings with his wife, who does not want sex with
him, to save energy that she needs for her work. Instead, he has sex
with other women. In his car, while having a meeting, he has his doctor
carry out his daily medical checkup; Eric worries about the doctor's
finding that he has an asymmetrical prostate.
After devastating currency speculation, he kills his bodyguard and
follows a path of further self-destruction, including visiting his
potential murderer and deliberately shooting himself in the hand.
