Cosmopolis

02/08/2012

108 mins

David Cronenberg

Robert Pattinson, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, Paul Giamatti, Samantha Morton, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric

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.