Boarding Gate May 31, 2008

"In Boarding Gate, Olivier Assayas says more about what it is to be human-to desire, to fear, to be alone-than most filmmakers say in a lifetime. It reconfirms Asia Argento as one of contemporary cinema’s most fascinating creatures." -Manohla Darghis, New York Times

Wexner Center regulars may remember Olivier Assayas’s 2003 visit to introduce his cyberthriller Demonlover. His latest film, Boarding Gate, is set against an equally diverse international landscape and stars eroticateur Asia Argento as a sexy ex-prostitute forced to flee London after an S&M encounter with a former lover (Michael Madsen) ends in violence. Also featuring Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and music by Brian Eno. (106 mins., 35mm)

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