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The Limits of Control

For every way in, there is another way out.

This arthouse piece has generally not impressed the critics. The story is set in Spain, where a lone hitman travels from location to location, exchanging matchboxes with diamonds for matchboxes with instructions, which he duly follows. He is on a mission to kill someone, but along the way he has to resist the charms of a naked young lady (continually). All the people he meets share their philosophies with him, which he patiently listens to.

111 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Nudity)
Crime, Detective/Mystery, Drama, Thriller, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Isaach de BankoléTilda Swinton, John Hurt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Bill Murray
Director	Jim Jarmusch
Screenplay	Jim Jarmusch
Music	Boris
Cinematography	Christopher Doyle
Editing	Jay Rabinowitz
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2009
Produced by	Focus Features, Entertainment Farm, PointBlank Films
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Crime, drama
Language	Strong, abusive, frequent
Nudity	Full nudity in seductive prolonged scenes. Highly sexualised.
Sex	None, sexual innuendoes, attempted seduction
Violence	Moderate to strong, brief, infrequent, realistic
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild profanities, infrequent
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
International Media
Box Office (USA)John P. McCarthy	3
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	3
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	5
Metacritic.com22 critics	8
RottenTomatoes.com115 critics	10
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	8
Internet (IMDB)4572 Netizens	12

Average .. 35%	7

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