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The Limits of Control (2009)
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Ratings: 6.1/10 from 8,655 users
Metascore:
41/100
Reviews: 92 user | 148 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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Lone Man
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Alex Descas | ... |
Creole
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Jean-François Stévenin | ... |
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Violin
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Blonde
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Molecules
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Guitar
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Driver
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American
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Héctor Colomé | ... |
Second American
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Flamenco Club Waitress
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Norma Yessenia Paladines | ... |
Flight Attendant
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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.Parents Guide:
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(Germany) See more »Also Known As:
No Limits No Control See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$55,820 (USA) (3 May 2009) (3 Screens)Gross:
$425,025 (USA) (28 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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The Finnish film Guitar refers to is La vie de bohème by director Aki Kaurismäki, a friend of Jim Jarmusch. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: 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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