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The Assistant (2019)

R | | Drama | 3 April 2020 (UK)
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A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

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Kitty Green

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Kitty Green

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Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh | See full cast & crew »
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The Assistant writer/director Kitty Green and star Julia Garner discuss the care that goes into making "a quiet film" when the "subject is very loud."

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julia Garner ... Jane
Matthew Macfadyen ... Wilcock
Makenzie Leigh ... Ruby
Kristine Froseth ... Sienna
Jon Orsini ... Male Assistant
Noah Robbins ... Male Assistant
Stéphanye Dussud ... The Wife
Juliana Canfield ... Sasha
Alexander Chaplin ... Max
Dagmara Dominczyk ... Ellen
Bregje Heinen ... Tatiana
Lou Martini Jr. ... John
Liz Wisan ... Edwina
Clara Wong ... Tess
Sophie Knapp ... Little Girl
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Storyline

Follows one day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is much like any other assistant's - making coffee, changing the paper in the copy machine, ordering lunch, arranging travel, taking phone messages, onboarding a new hire. But as Jane follows her daily routine, she, and we, grow increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her work day, an accumulation of degradations against which Jane decides to take a stand, only to discover the true depth of the system into which she has entered. Written by Bleecker Street

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Country:

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Language:

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Release Date:

3 April 2020 (UK) See more »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$79,141, 2 February 2020

Gross USA:

$867,414

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$867,414
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The Disturbing and the Mundane
2 February 2020 | by jjdausey – See all my reviews

But also feels a little dated. Thankfully. But this is a very close representation of the general feel of late '90/'00s nyc film culture. Where everyone who worked at miramax was miserable and complicit in multiple levels of abuse/bad behavior.
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