The Center Of The World

A throwback to the psychosexual mind games of LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972), this anti-erotic drama chronicles three days in the lives of a dot-com millionaire and a high-minded stripper. Brilliant programmer Richard (Peter Sarsgaard) lives through his computer ("It's like being at the center of the world," he crows), but his father's recent death has left him hungry for emotional connection. He's lost interest in the company he co-founded, ignoring his partner's pleas that he pull himself together for the crucial weeks preceding the IPO that could make them both very, very rich. Instead, Richard becomes infatuated with a woman he sees daily at a local diner; he eventua...