High Art
1998 · Movie · R · 101 min · ★ 6.2 · 75% critics
A young editor at an influential art magazine gets drawn into the world of her upstairs neighbor, a lesbian photographer with a troubled life. Their connection starts as a mutual effort to advance careers, but it deepens into complicated feelings as boundaries blur.
Also known as L'art interdit
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-06-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (146 votes)
About
If you like intimate romances like Gia or Down to the Bone that blend ambition with emotional risk, you may enjoy this; Not for you if you want light, feel-good love stories or prefer to avoid stories centered on drug use.
Pros: rich art-world atmosphere; strong performances; intense romance | Cons: heavy drug themes; divisive ending; sometimes depressing
Themes
- career
- new york city
- drug abuse
- photographer
- photography
- heroin
- drug addiction
- exploitation
- addiction
- magazine
- love
- lesbian relationship
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award · 1998
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Lisa Cholodenko