Directed by:
Ramin NiamiScreenplay:
Ramin NiamiCinematography:
Igor SunaraComposer:
John CaleCast:
Ornella Muti, Robert John Burke, Peter Stormare, Bai Ling, Bulle Ogier, Linda Dano, Bill Sage, Joey Dedio, Sandra Bernhard, Nellie Sciutto, Kim Walker (more)Plots(1)
SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY deftly threads the overlapping stories of six eccentric residents of a funky Lower Eastside building in New York City. These cramped apartments can barely contain the big dreams of their inhabitants: Betty (Bernhard) is a self-absorbed and self-appointed "food therapist," desperately seeking the right guy. Then there is Lu Lu (Ling), a young Chinese exchange student looking for a green card marriage. There's also Marta (Muti), who endures the twice-daily caresses of the overweight super of the tenement-like apartments, but dreams of running away with Frankie (Burke), the dashing but incompetent crook who lives upstairs. Down the hall is poor Graham (Stormare), the gifted Shakespearean actor who also dreams of finding Mr. Right and his big break while subsisting on demeaning commercial work.
Of course, all these hopes and dreams will prove irrelevant if the revolution being planned in the basement by Che (Stewart) succeeds. Che endures calls from his Park Avenue mom, and succumbs to the seduction of Lu Lu, all while plotting to kidnap former Mayor Ed Koch (played by "Hizzoner" himself).
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Ornella Muti
Italy
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Viva Italia! (1977)
The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
Robert John Burke
USA
Best movies:
Generation Kill (2008) (series)
Limitless (2011)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Peter Stormare
Sweden
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Fargo (1996)
Bai Ling
China
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
The Crow (1994)
Bulle Ogier
France
Best movies:
Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (1995)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Navire Night (1979)
Linda Dano
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Star! (1968)
Bill Sage
USA
Best movies:
Trust (1990)
Mysterious Skin (2004)
The Insider (1999)
Joey Dedio
USA
Best movies:
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988)
Trick (1999)
Where the Day Takes You (1991)
Sandra Bernhard
USA
Best movies:
The King of Comedy (1982)
Shogun Assassin (1980)
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
Nellie Sciutto
USA
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
The Departed (2006)
The Aviator (2004)
Kim Walker
USA
Best movies:
Heathers (1988)
Teen Lover (1989)
Student Exchange (1987) (TV movie)
Jessica Dublin
USA
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
All the Way Trinity (1972)
Manhunt (1972)
Steven Schub
USA
Best movies:
CBGB (2013)
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
No Vacancy (1999)
Paul Anthony Stewart
USA
Best movies:
Shadows and Fog (1991)
The Inheritance (1997) (TV movie)
Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995)
Tom Riis Farrell
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Almost Famous (2000)
Amy Hargreaves
USA
Best movies:
Michael Clayton (2007)
Shame (2011)
Shelter (2014)
Brian Kelly
USA
Best movies:
Sam (2017)
Black Dog (1998)
My Man Is a Loser (2014)
Andrew Fiscella
Best movies:
Fix (2008)
Hotel Noir (2012)
Takers (2010)
David Pittu
USA
Best movies:
King Kong (2005)
Men in Black III (2012)
Sharper (2023)