Synopsis
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
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Cast
- Connie NielsenDiane de Monx
- Charles BerlingHervé Le Millinec
- Chloë SevignyElise Lipsky
- Dominique ReymondKaren
- Gina GershonElaine Si Gibril
- Jean-Baptiste MalartreHenri-Pierre Volf
- Edwin GerardEdward Gomez
- Thomas M. PollardAvocat américain
- Abi SakamotoKaori - la traductrice
- Naoko YamazakiEiko
Recommendations
- 100
Premiere
Olivier Assayas latest effort could be mistaken for a hipper-than-thou thriller. But it isn’t--it’s in fact a difficult, challenging, and troubling art film. [October 2003, p. 19] - 90
Los Angeles Times
It's an exasperating, irresistible, must-see mess of a movie about life in the modern world and so very good that even when its story finally crashes and burns the filmmaking remains unscathed. - 80
The New York Times
The entrancing visual imagery goes a long way toward filling in the screenplay's gaps in logic. - 80
Washington Post
Disturbing, darkly beautiful. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Unlike almost every other sexy modern thriller (especially most recent studio blockbusters), this one gives you a lot to think about. - 70
The A.V. Club
May be Assayas' airiest work to date, an intriguing trifle that leaves its considerable pleasures to lounge around on the surface. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Nielsen beautifully embodies the sadness and confused sense of unreality that attend our appetite for the Internet's cheaper thrills. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Never quite jells into a coherent statement. Or a coherent film.
