Olivier Assayas — Playwright (5)

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Scene of the Crime (1986)
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other title: O Local do Crime / Schauplatz des Verbrechens …
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance, the murderer and the boy's mother form an alliance. All this takes place in four days during which the boy has his first communion, his separated parents face each other amidst grandmother's hopes they'll reunite, the grandfather just wants to go fishing, the school's chaplain complains about the boy's behavior, and the convicts' shared girlfriend comes, gun in hand, to help them escape to Tangier. The mother's surprising decisions complete the story.

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Boarding Gate (2007)
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other title: Boarding Gate - Porta de Embarque / Boarding Gate: Seducción y muerte …
A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of her boyfriend/crime partner, Lester. Controlling all this is Sue, Lester's wife.

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Demonlover (2002)
Demonlover
other title: Agente Infiltrada
A l'aube de la trentaine, Diane De Monx travaille pour une multinationale, le groupe d'Henri-Pierre Volf, qui a racheté TokyoAnime, une société japonaise produisant des hentaï, mangas pornographiques en 3D. Deux firmes, Mangatronics et Demonlover, s'affrontent pour avoir l'exclusivité de ces nouvelles images, fort lucratives, sur Internet. Mangatronics recrute alors Diane pour torpiller de l'intérieur les intérêts de Demonlover, qui a infiltré ses propres espions. Menacée, celle-ci n'a plus qu'à basculer dans la cyber réalité.

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Cold Water (1994)
L'Eau froide
other title: Das weiße Blatt / L'Eau froide …
An outer suburb of Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine, both sixteen, are classmates and lovers who have become frustrated with the aloofness of their families and the general monotony of their lives. When the pair are caught shoplifting, Christine's father ships her off to a home for emotionally disturbed children, temporarily putting space between her and Gilles. Luckily for them, though, she escapes and the couple contemplate running away together.