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After several years of living together, Lee Hauser and Emily Wang are all washed up. Mythical rock star of the 80s, Lee no longer has a recording contract. He goes from one small town to another giving concerts. A carefree life of easy money and fame has gone to ruin. A child left with Lee's parents. And drugs.

When Lee is found dead of an overdose in a motel room on the outskirts of Hamilton, Ontario, Emily is arrested for possession of drugs and put into prison. At the snap of a finger, her life falls to pieces. When she is released six months later, she decides to start over in Paris, where she once lived. But everything has changed. The one thing to which she still feels a sense of attachment is her son, Jay, who is growing up with Lee's parents. Does Emily have what it takes to be a good mother? Is she capable of seizing the opportunity that destiny offers? Does Jay want a mother like Emily?

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Rhombus Media Inc.
Director

Olivier Assayas
Director

Born in Paris in 1955, Olivier Assayas is one of the leading figures in the new generation of French filmmakers. An award-winning screenwriter/director, he is also a published author. His screenwriting/directing credits include Disorder (1986), winner of the International Critics' Prize at the Venice Film Festival; Paris Awakens (1991), recipient of the Jean-Vigo Prize in 1992; Cold Water (1994) and Irma Vep (1996), both screened in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes; The Destinees (2000) and Demonlover (2002), both in Official Competition at Cannes. Assayas was also a member of the editorial team at the prestigious Cahiers du Cinéma, and is the author of three books about film, Hong-Kong Cinema, Conversations With Bergman, and In Praise of Kenneth Anger, all published by Éditions de l’Étoile.

35 mm

110 minutes

Colour

Aspect ratio

2.35

Producers

Edouard Weil

Niv Fichman

Xavier Marchand

Line Producers

Frédéric Sauvagnac

Sari Friedland

Director and Scriptwriter

Olivier Assayas

Director of Photography

Éric Gauthier

Editor

Luc Barnier

Sound

Guillaume Sciama

Herwig Gayer

Richard Flynn

Production Designers

François-Renaud Labarthe

Bill Fleming

Costume Designer

Anaïs Romand

Cast

Maggie Cheung

Nick Nolte

Jeanne Balibar

Don McKellar

Martha Henry

James Johnston

James Dennis

Rémi Martin

Laetitia Spigarelli

Béatrice Dalle

Production

Rhombus Media Inc.
99 Spadina Ave.
Suite 600
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3P8
(416) 971-7856
(416) 971-9647
rhombus@rhombusmedia.com
www.rhombusmedia.com

Co-production - France and United Kingdom

Rectangle Productions
5, rue Robert Estienne
Paris
France
75008
011 33 1 56 43 44 00
011 33 1 56 43 44 05

Haystack Productions
31 Kingly St.
London
England
W1B 5QG
44 20 7434 0700
44 20 7434 0011
haystack@haystackproductions.com

Distribution – Canada

TVA Films
25 Ontario St.
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 4L6
(416) 968-0002
(416) 944-1471
www.tvafilms.com

International Distribution (except France and United Kingdom)

The Works TSC Limited
The Works of Portland House
4 Great Portland St.
London
England
W1W 8QJ
44 20 7612 1080
44 20 7612 1081
www.theworkslimited.com

Distribution – France

La société ARP
13, rue Jean Mermoz
Paris
France
75008
33 (56) 69 26 00
33 (45) 63 83 37
www.arpselection.com

Distribution - United Kingdom

Vertigo Films
The Big Room Studios
77 Fortess Rd.
London
England
NW5 1AG
44 (0) 20 7428 7555
44 (0) 20 7485 9713
mail@vertigofilms.com
www.vertigofilms.com

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