Code 46
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Michael Winterbottom
Tim Robbins
Samantha Morton
Om Puri
Jeanne Balibar
Togo Igawa
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A love story set in an eerily possible near-future, where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have "papelles," a special travel insurance. Outside of the cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens--people without papelles whose lives are severely restricted. William is a family man who works as an insurance investigator. When his company sends him to another city to solve a case of fake papelles, he meets a woman named Maria. Although he knows she's been creating the forgeries, he falls completely in love with her. He hides her crime and they have a wild, passionate affair that can only last as long as his papelles: twenty-four hours. Back home, William is obsessed by the memory of Maria. He tries to see her, but is refused the necessary papers to travel. Desperate, he uses one of the fake papelles he kept from his investigation. He eventually tracks her down, only to discover she has been accused of Code 46 violation.
Director
Michael Winterbottom
Cast
Tim Robbins
Samantha Morton
Om Puri
Jeanne Balibar
Togo Igawa
Essie Davis
Shelley King
Nabil Elouahabi
Crew
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Peter Christelis
Andrew Eaton
Robert Jones
Alwin Kuchler
Bingham Ray
David M. Thompson
Mark Tildesley
Natalie Ward
Marcel Zyskind
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 6, 2004
Released in United States on Video December 28, 2004
Released in United States 2003
Released in United States March 2004
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 6, 2003.
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Opening Night) March 12-20, 2004.
Released in United States Summer August 6, 2004
Released in United States on Video December 28, 2004
Released in United States 2003 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 6, 2003.)
Released in United States March 2004 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Opening Night) March 12-20, 2004.)
