, 1h48 Directed byDavid Cronenberg OriginFrance GenresDrama, Science fiction, Thriller ThemesFilms set in the future ActorsRobert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Jay Baruchel, Samantha Morton, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric Roles Michael Chin, Eric's Young Systems Analyst Rating51% Twenty-eight-year-old billionaire currency speculator/asset manager Eric Packer rides slowly across Manhattan amid traffic jams, in his state-of-the-art luxury stretch limousine office, to his preferred barber. Various visitors discuss the meaning of life and inconsequential trivia. The traffic jams are caused by a visit of the President of the United States and the funeral of Eric's favorite musician, a rap artist whose music he plays in one of his two private elevators. Despite devastating currency speculation losses over the course of the day, Packer fantasizes about buying the Rothko Chapel.