Cosmopolis (2012): ***

Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) is a billionaire Wall Street asset manager, on a journey in his stretch limousine across town for a haircut. His bodyguard Torval (Kevin Durand) accompanies him, worried about a potential threat to his client by an assassin. Despite the gridlock traffic caused by a Presidential visit, a celebrity’s funeral and an anti-capitalist protest, Eric is determined to go to his barber even it means travelling inches across the city. Eric receives numerous characters into his limo, occasionally stepping out of his limo to have lunch with his recently wed wife Elise (Sarah Gadon). As Eric’s world starts to close in on him, will he find the answers he’s seeking? Will he get his haircut?

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