Movie
High Art
Overview
When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to exploit each other for their respective careers while slowly falling in love with each other.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-06-12
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Antidote Films, October Films, 391 Productions
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Radha Mitchell as Syd
- Ally Sheedy as Lucy Berliner
- Gabriel Mann as James
- Patricia Clarkson as Greta
- David Thornton as Harry
- Anh Duong as Dominique
- Bill Sage as Arnie
- Tammy Grimes as Vera
- Sarita Choudhury as Joan
- Charis Michelsen
- Helen Mendes
- Cindra Feuer
Crew
- Lisa Cholodenko - Director
- Lisa Cholodenko - Writer
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