Mathieu Amalric

Twenty-eight-year-old Eric Packer traverses Manhattan in a stretch limo. His goal: a haircut at Anthony’s, his father’s old barber. But on this day his driver has to navigate a presidential visit, an attack by anarchists, and a rapper’s funeral. Stuck in traffic, he anxiously monitors the value of the yen on the limo’s computer.

Tracks 28-year-old financial wizard and billionaire Eric Packer as he traverses Manhattan in his stretch limo. His goal: a haircut at Anthony’s, his father’s old barber. But on this day his driver has to navigate a presidential visit, an attack by anarchists, and a rapper’s funeral. Stuck in traffic, he anxiously monitors the value of the yen on the limo’s computer.

Logline: When Nasser Ali Khan, one of Iran’s most revered musicians, discovers that his beloved tar is irreparably damaged, he takes to his bed, renouncing the world and waiting for death. Over the course of the week that follows, his family and close friends attempt to change his mind, but Nasser Ali slips further and further into flashbacks and flash-forwards, from his own childhood through his children’s futures, and as the pieces of his story slowly fall into place, we begin to understand the profundity of his decision to give up life.

Logline: Tracks 28-year-old financial wizard and billionaire Eric Packer as he traverses Manhattan in his stretch limo. His goal: a haircut at Anthony’s, his father’s old barber. But on this day his driver has to navigate a presidential visit, an attack by anarchists, and a rapper’s funeral. Stuck in traffic, he anxiously monitors the value of the yen on the limo’s computer.