Boarding Gate

Boarding Gate
English-language release poster
Directed byOlivier Assayas
Written byOlivier Assayas
Produced byFrançois Margolin
StarringAsia Argento
Michael Madsen
Carl Ng
Kelly Lin
Alex Descas
Kim Gordon
Joana Priess
Sondra Locke
CinematographyYorick Le Saux
Edited byLuc Barnier
Music byBrian Eno[1]
Distributed byARP Sélection (France)
MK2 Diffusion (International)
Release dates
  • 18 May 2007 (2007-05-18) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • 22 August 2007 (2007-08-22) (France)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesFrance
Luxembourg
LanguagesEnglish
French
Cantonese
Budget$2.8 million
Box office$985,000[2]

Boarding Gate is a 2007 French thriller film about the sophisticated power plays between a debt-ridden underworld entrepreneur, his provocative and ambitious ex-associate and a manipulative young couple who employ her. Written and directed by Olivier Assayas, the film features an international cast comprising Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Carl Ng and Kelly Lin. Kim Gordon also plays a supporting role as an enigmatic businesswoman forced to intervene as events unfold in Hong Kong.

The film premiered 18 May at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival[3] and later opened in France on 22 August 2007.[4]

  1. ^ According to the Variety Review Archived December 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine of Boarding Gate, retrieved May 25, 2008, the film had no original score and utilized recorded music by Brian Eno.
  2. ^ "Boarding Gate (2007) - JPBox-Office".
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Boarding Gate". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  4. ^ "Boarding Gate (2007) - Release dates". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-03-21.