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Metropolitan

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Metropolitan

"Finally... A film about the downwardly mobile."

1990

1h 39m

7.0(188 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Edward Clements

Tom Townsend

Chris Eigeman

Chris Eigeman

Nick Smith

Taylor Nichols

Taylor Nichols

Charlie Black

Carolyn Farina

Carolyn Farina

Audrey Rouget

Isabel Gillies

Isabel Gillies

Cynthia McLean

Dylan Hundley

Sally Fowler

Allison Parisi

Jane Clarke

Bryan Leder

Fred Neff

Will Kempe

Will Kempe

Rick Von Sloneker

Ellia Thompson

Serena Slocum

Creative team

Directed by: Whit Stillman
Written by: Whit Stillman
Produced by: Whit Stillman
Jose Luis García

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