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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1990 DVD Release: 05/07/2002 Format: DVD - Letterbox for TV Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 27 mins Studio: World Artists Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Psychological Drama, Urban Drama

From experimental filmmaker Jon Jost comes this romantic drama comprised of mostly improvised scenes. Emmanuelle Chaulet plays Anna, a struggling French actress in New York who meets an overworked financial broker named Mark in the Vermeer Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anna resembles one of Mark's favorite paintings, so he asks he out for coffee. From there, the two struggle to overcome their personal baggage and attempt to allow themselves to fall in love. Director Jost was awarded the Caligari Film Award at the 1991 Berlin International Film Festival for this film and Sure Fire. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Emmanuelle Chaulet - Anna
Stephen Lack - Mark
Grace Phillips - Felicity
Gracie Mansion - Gallery Owner - Herself
Gordon Joseph Weiss - Gordon

Mark is a broker who is nearly burned out from the terrible pressures and stresses of working on Wall Street. He finds solace in the cool confines of the Vermeer Room in the Metropolitan Museum. He is there one day when he encounters a beautiful French woman whose countenance closely resembles one of his favorite paintings, Head of a Young Woman. She is Anna, a struggling young actress who longs for home, and he asks her out for coffee. Later, she shows up at the cafe with her roommate Felicity in tow. At first she pretends that she doesn't speak or understand English, but Mark is not fooled. They soon begin seeing each other and a bittersweet romance ensues, for neither is able to overcome the pressure of their personal agendas and allow themselves to fall in love. Made by noted experimental auteur Jon Jost, All the Vermeers in New York features largely improvised dialog and operates at different levels as a romance, a subtle satire making arch observations about the intermingling of art and business, a fantasy, and a visual work of art. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide