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The Limits of Control (2009)

Name: The Limits of Control
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Genre: drama film, crime film, mystery film
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 6.2

The Limits of Control is a 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Isaach de Bankolé as a solitary assassin, carrying out a job in Spain. Filming began in February 2008, and took place on location in Madrid, Seville and Almería, Spain. The film was distributed by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews, with criticism for its slow pace and inaccessible dialogue while being praised for…

Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Shot by Christopher Doyle · Cut by Jay Rabinowitz · Music by Boris · 118 min

Behind the scenes

Archival Talks: Jim Jarmusch, "The Limits of Control" — Film at Lincoln Center · 53 min

Elsewhere

More by Jim Jarmusch

Permanent Vacation — 1980
Stranger than Paradise — 1983
Stranger Than Paradise — 1984
Down by Law — 1986
Coffee and Cigarettes: Strange to Meet You — 1986
Mystery Train — 1989
Coffee and Cigarettes II — 1989
Night on Earth — 1991
Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California — 1993
Dead Man — 1995
Year of the Horse — 1997
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai — 1999
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet — 2002
Int. Trailer Night — 2002
Coffee and Cigarettes — 2004
Broken Flowers — 2005
Only Lovers Left Alive — 2013
Paterson — 2016
Gimme Danger — 2016
The Dead Don't Die — 2019
Father Mother Sister Brother — 2025

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