Olivier AssayasOver the past few decades, French filmmaker Olivier Assayas has become a powerful force in contemporary cinema. Between his first feature Dsordre (1986) and such major works as L'Eau froide, Irma Vep, Les Destines Sentimentales, demonlover and, most recently, L'Heure d't and Carlos, he has charted an exciting path, strongly embracing narrative and character and simultaneously dealing with the 'fragmentary reality' of life in a global economy. He also