COSMOPOLIS

COSMOPOLIS

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

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. They 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.

ACTORS

Robert Pattinson	Eric Packer
Juliette Binoche	Didi Fancher
Mathieu Amalric	Andre Petrescu aka The Pastry Assassin
Samantha Morton	Vija Kinski
Paul Giamatti	Benno Levin/Richard Steers
Sarah Gadon	Elise Shifrin
Jay Baruchel	Shiner
Kevin Durand	Torval
Emily Hampshire	Jane Melman
Patricia McKenzie	Kendra Hayes
K Naan	Actor