#CAST OF THE PERFECT ASSISTANT MOVIE#

It is a great company and a tremendous opportunity for her. The new kid on the block, she gets the 'shit detail' of handling travel arrangements, greeting guests, bringing danishes into conference rooms, and then sweeping up the danish crumbs afterwards. Jane has only been on the job for 5 weeks, and is fully acclimated (or indoctrinated) to the semi-terrifying office culture.

#CAST OF THE PERFECT ASSISTANT MOVIE#

Julia Garner plays Jane, an assistant at a movie production company (obviously modeled on Miramax), located in a couple of buildings in lower Manhattan. 'The Assistant,' a very good film, is especially good on power dynamics. Being referred to as 'He' where no one ever asks 'Who are you talking about?'. He is referred to just as 'he.' Although this is never commented on explicitly, by the characters in 'The Assistant,' or by the talented filmmaker Kitty Green, who wrote and directed the film, the constant references to 'He' (no name necessary) is a pointed commentary. He is never referred to by name, even though every conversation is about him. It's probably more accurate to say he is the atmosphere. And yet he hovers over every scene like a dark thick cloud, creating an atmosphere-threatening, tense-even in his absence (and he is mostly absent).

Other than that: his voice is heard through the door, through the thin office walls, through the phone: you can hear the tone, but the words are always garbled. You never see the boss in full in 'The Assistant.' At the most, he is a dark blur passing in front of the camera on his way somewhere (he's always on his way somewhere).

Cast of the perfect assistant