
Desire(2011)
In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cécile, a character who symbolizes desire.


A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.

Andy Garcia
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Julianna Margulies
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Anjelica Huston
Jennifer Adler

Olivia Williams
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Mick Jagger
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James Coburn
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Susan Barnes
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Michael Des Barres
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Richard Bradford
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Xander Berkeley
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The Man from Elysian Fields is a drama, romance film released in 2001 exploring themes of prostitution. Directed by George Hickenlooper, it stars Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Anjelica Huston. A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
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