“The story of a stolen life”
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Ansel Elgort
Theodore Decker
Oakes Fegley
Young Theodore Decker
Nicole Kidman
Samantha Barbour
Jeffrey Wright
James 'Hobie' Hobart
Luke Wilson
Larry Decker
Sarah Paulson
Xandra
Willa Fitzgerald
Kitsey Barbour
Aneurin Barnard
Boris Pavlikovsky
Finn Wolfhard
Young Boris Pavlikovsky
Ashleigh Cummings
Pippa
The Goldfinch is a drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of new york city, based on novel or book, museum, painting, art, bombing. Directed by John Crowley, it stars Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Nicole Kidman. A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
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