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Synopsis: London-based Emily Wang gained minor notoriety from her VJ-ing on cable television. She is now more renowned for being the longtime girlfriend and pseudo manager of rock musician Lee Hauser, who seems to be on the brink of stardom. Those that know the couple believe she is a bad influence on him, and is the reason why he is a junkie. After Lee dies from an accidental heroin overdose and Emily is imprisoned for six months on possession charges, she learns that the courts have awarded custody of their young adolescent son, Jay, to Lee's aging parents, Albrecht and Rosemary Hauser, who live in Vancouver. A concerned Albrecht asks that she not attempt to see Jay for at least two years while she cleans up her act so as to give Jay a fighting chance at a decent life. Emily initially agrees, knowing that she is in no position to look after Jay. To regain her life, she decides to move back to her old stomping grounds of Paris. As Emily tries mostly unsuccessfully to become clean while eking ou
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Olivier Assayas
Production: Palm
  2 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
2004
90 min
Website
455 Views


At least once in a while.

It's only human.

I'm not asking much.

I wrote him a letter.

Will you give it to him?

Call me on my cell phone

after the concert.

I'll tell you where we're eating.

Come meet us.

Did you get to see lrene Paolini?

No. She stood me up.

I'm waiting for another appointment

Hello.

He got your letter.

Someone else gave it to him.

Hold on...

Excuse me tricky I have Emily.

She's on the phone.

And she's on the street outside.

What should I tell her?

- Nothing... OK...

- Apparently, it's not a great time.

What I suggest is that...

Meet us at the stage door.

It's on Rue Caumartin.

Go ahead.

Mr. Li wants to see you.

I called to say I'd be late.

Take care of this.

She's your niece.

Follow me.

- No use coming back.

- What did I do?

You know.

You didn't keep your word.

You must respect your family.

If they respect me.

My mother won't speak to me.

I was like a father.

I lent you money.

I gave you a job.

- What a job!

- It's not good enough for you?

Yeah, yeah...

Ashamed working

with other Chinese?

I never said that!

We had an agreement:

no drugs here.

- I respected that.

- Liar!

They could shut down my restaurant.

Give me a light.

I'm gone for good.

And I'll pay you back.

Don't bother. Keep the money.

London, a few days later.

Sorry, the other day

I was with the head of programming.

I know... it's the same old thing.

I detect a note of reproach.

Not at all.

It's just that I know you.

- You're angry about the past.

- No.

I'm still angry with you.

You really didn't treat me that nice.

We don't have to see each other.

I can leave now if you like.

- No, don't.

- If you act up, I won't stay.

Stay.

So Sandrine says

you're moving back to Paris...

I can't go back to London.

Too many memories.

What are you going to do now?

I wanted to discuss it with you.

A drink?

The same thing... a whiskey.

As I was saying

I thought I'd talk to you.

I thought maybe you could help...

Maybe, but times have changed.

Sure, but times seem to be

treating you okay.

Yes, because...

I'm good at my job...

good at corporate politics.

But if I had a little freedom...

No, please... forget about it.

You're busy

but I wanted to thank you

for the show. It was great.

Thank you. That's so nice of you!

- See You soon, I hope.

- See you soon.

Lee didn't leave you anything?

We weren't married.

We had a joint account.

Almost empty.

And your son?

If I want to see him

I need to turn my life around.

Meaning?

I need a job, for example.

- And to stop shooting up.

- That's history.

- I doubt it.

- I said that it's history!

I was on methadone

but I stopped taking it.

Do you know how often

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Olivier Assayas

Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. more…

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