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The Limits of Control (2009) 6.1
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6.1/10 from 10,353 users
Metascore: 41/100
Reviews: 99 user | 157 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job. Director:Jim JarmuschWriter:Jim Jarmusch |
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Cast
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The Lone Man
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Alex Descas | ... |
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Jean-François Stévenin | ... |
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Man with Violin
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Héctor Colomé | ... |
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María Isasi | ... |
Flamenco Club Waitress
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
A solitary man who does not speak Spanish is an underground courier. Two men who are both thuggish and philosophical send him to Madrid with cryptic instructions. Over the course of a few days, he receives his instructions from a series of distinctive individuals who provide words of philosophy or of warning and also give him a matchbox with a tiny piece of paper, which he reads then eats, accompanied by espresso served in two cups. He is quiet, self-contained, focused on his work. He has rules. He encounters and at times transmits a violin, diamonds, a guitar, and a map. Is he a smuggler? Merely an independent conduit? Or, something else? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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For every way in, there is another way out.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for graphic nudity and some language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
19 September 2009 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
No Limits No Control See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$55,820 (USA) (1 May 2009)Gross:
$425,025 (USA) (26 June 2009)Company Credits
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Creole: [character speaks in Spanish/French creole, English subtitles] You don't speak Spanish, right?
French: [character translates for Creole] You don't speak Spanish, right?
Creole: You are ready? Everything's cool?
French: You are ready? Everything's cool?
Lone Man: Yes!
Creole: Good.
French: Good.
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Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Mstislav Rostropovich, Melos Quartett
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Isaach De Bankolé exchanges matchboxes throughout the film with 'Le Boxeur' (The Boxer) written on them, the name of his character in his other film White Material. See more »Goofs
When the Lone Man travels from Madrid to Sevilla, he enters a S 100 AVE train set. But the interior shots are clearly done in a S 103 (Velaro E), a totally different - and much newer - type of train. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Creole: [character speaks in Spanish/French creole, English subtitles] You don't speak Spanish, right?
French: [character translates for Creole] You don't speak Spanish, right?
Creole: You are ready? Everything's cool?
French: You are ready? Everything's cool?
Lone Man: Yes!
Creole: Good.
French: Good.
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Soundtracks
"Schubert: 2. Adagio [String Quintet in C, D.956]"Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Mstislav Rostropovich, Melos Quartett
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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This movie had a great buildup to a massive letdown. The whole movie although painfully slow at times did a great job leading to it's conclusion, but the conclusion just didn't deliver. I'm not real sure about the moral degradation that this film portrays as an enlightening revolution, but the acting is good enough to pass. I enjoyed Dead Man a lot more and Jarmusch may have taken the slow pace and limited dialogue a tad too far in this film. The character interaction is interesting, but always one sided and unfulfilled, maybe that was the point. Overall, and interesting but flawed movie. Under careful scrutiny this is a carefully laid out plot that just doesn't live up to the expectation.