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Slaves of New York (1989)

Slaves of New York poster
Directed by
James Ivory
Genre
drama film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 04m
Rated
R
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman navigates relationships and her own artistic ambitions while living among struggling artists in 1980s New York City. She deals with a selfish boyfriend and tries to find her own path.

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What happens

Slaves of New York is a 1989 American comedy-drama Merchant Ivory Productions film. Directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, it stars Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi. Based on the short stories within Tama Janowitz's short story collection Slaves of New York, the film follows the lives of struggling artists in New York City during the mid-1980s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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