Boarding Gate (2007)

Directed by Olivier Assayas · Cinematography by Yorick Le Saux

R106 min51 frames

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What is Boarding Gate about?

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.

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.

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What does the cinematography of Boarding Gate look like?

Across 51 sampled frames, Boarding Gate builds its coverage from medium shots (45% of the sample), with close-ups (43%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Yorick Le Saux keeps 41% of it in soft, low-key light. 43% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 88% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Boarding Gate?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Boarding Gate (2007) are #303131, #535351, #f2f3f2, #354952, #afb0ae, #d6d4d0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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