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'''''Cosmopolis''''' is a 2012 [[drama film]] starring [[Robert Pattinson]], directed by [[David Cronenberg]]. It is based on the [[Cosmopolis_(novel)|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. '''''Cosmopolis''''' is a 2012 [[drama film]] starring [[Robert Pattinson]], directed by [[David Cronenberg]]. It is based on the [[Cosmopolis_(novel)|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.
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==Plot== ==Plot==
-The film follows a billionaire (Pattinson) on a trek across [[Manhattan]].+A 28-year-old billionaire [[speculation|stock speculator]]/asset manager Eric Packer ([[Robert Pattinson]]), rides slowly across [[Manhattan]], despite [[traffic jam]]s, in his state-of-the-art luxury [[stretch limousine]] that he uses as his office, while on his way to his preferred [[barber]]. The traffic jams are caused by a visit of the President of the United States and by the funeral of Eric's favorite musician, a [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[rap artist]] whose music he plays in one of his two private elevators. Despite his clearly plummeting fortunes, Packer fantasizes about buying the Mark [[Rothko Chapel]]. He has recently married; in the car and elsewhere, he has meetings with his wife, who no longer wants to have sex with him. Instead, he has sex with other women. Meanwhile, [[anti-capitalist]] activists on the street demonstrate by waving rats and declaring that "A specter is haunting the world: the specter of [[capitalism]]". They [[spray-paint]] Packer's limo, and he is later subjected to a [[pieing]] by one of the activists. Packer learns that an assassin is out to kill him, but seems curiously uninterested in who the person might be.
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 +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]], which wipes out most of his fortune, his world begins to disintegrate. Eventually he kills his bodyguard. Arriving at the barber, who knew his father, Packer has his hair cut on one side. The barber and the black limo driver discuss their respective careers driving cabs and the barber, learning that Packer has thrown away his gun, gives him his own gun. Packer follows a path of further self-destruction, including visiting his potential murderer, Benno Levin, a man who used to work for him. Packer seems likely to commit [[suicide]] but instead deliberately shoots himself in the hand. The murderer, who feels adrift in the capitalist system, explains to Packer that his mistake in speculating was looking for perfect symmetry and patterns in the stock market; instead, he should have looked for the lopsided - his body with its asymmetrical prostate was telling him this. The film ends with the potential murderer holding a gun to Eric's head and threatening to kill him, but a final shot is not shown.
==Cast== ==Cast==

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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.

Plot

A 28-year-old billionaire stock speculator/asset manager Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), rides slowly across Manhattan, despite traffic jams, in his state-of-the-art luxury stretch limousine that he uses as his office, while on his way to his preferred barber. The traffic jams are caused by a visit of the President of the United States and by the funeral of Eric's favorite musician, a Sufi rap artist whose music he plays in one of his two private elevators. Despite his clearly plummeting fortunes, Packer fantasizes about buying the Mark Rothko Chapel. He has recently married; in the car and elsewhere, he has meetings with his wife, who no longer wants to have sex with him. Instead, he has sex with other women. Meanwhile, anti-capitalist activists on the street demonstrate by waving rats and declaring that "A specter is haunting the world: the specter of capitalism". They spray-paint Packer's limo, and he is later subjected to a pieing by one of the activists. Packer learns that an assassin is out to kill him, but seems curiously uninterested in who the person might be.

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, which wipes out most of his fortune, his world begins to disintegrate. Eventually he kills his bodyguard. Arriving at the barber, who knew his father, Packer has his hair cut on one side. The barber and the black limo driver discuss their respective careers driving cabs and the barber, learning that Packer has thrown away his gun, gives him his own gun. Packer follows a path of further self-destruction, including visiting his potential murderer, Benno Levin, a man who used to work for him. Packer seems likely to commit suicide but instead deliberately shoots himself in the hand. The murderer, who feels adrift in the capitalist system, explains to Packer that his mistake in speculating was looking for perfect symmetry and patterns in the stock market; instead, he should have looked for the lopsided - his body with its asymmetrical prostate was telling him this. The film ends with the potential murderer holding a gun to Eric's head and threatening to kill him, but a final shot is not shown.

Cast

  • Juliette Binoche as Didi Fancher, Eric's art consultant, with whom Eric has an affair
  • K'Naan as Brutha Fez, a rap artist





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