The Limits of Control
The Limits of Control is a 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Isaach de Bankolé as a solitary assassin, carrying out a job in Spain. Filming began in February 2008, and took place on location in Madrid, Seville and Almería, Spain. The film was distributed by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews, and has a 42% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, having been criticized for its slow pace and inaccessible dialogue while praising its beautiful cinematography and ambitious scope.
Plot
In an airport, Lone Man is being instructed on his mission by Creole. The mission itself is left unstated and the instructions are cryptic, including such phrases as "Everything is subjective," "The universe has no center and no edges; reality is arbitrary," and "Use your imagination and your skills." After the meeting at the airport, he travels to Madrid and then on to Seville, meeting several people in cafés and on trains along the way.
More details
| author | Jim Jarmusch |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Spain |
| director | Jim Jarmusch |
| editor | Jay Rabinowitz |
| genre | crime drama mystery |
| keywords | almería cameroon flamenco juan gris madrid meet museo nacional centro de arte reina sofía nothing peteneras pickup truck seville string tabernas than the the national train station universe |
| musicBy | Boris |
| producer | Gretchen McGowan Stacey Smith |
| productionCompany | Entertainment Farm PointBlank Films |
| publisher | Focus Features |
| recordedAt | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2807 |