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A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.


“One city. Three stories tall.”
Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.

Nick Nolte
Lionel Dobie

Rosanna Arquette
Paulette

Patrick O'Neal
Phillip Fowler

Mae Questel
Mother

Steve Buscemi
Gregory Stark

Talia Shire
Charlotte

Giancarlo Giannini
Claudio

Heather McComb
Zoe

Don Novello
Hector
Jenny Nichols
Lundy
New York Stories is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1989 exploring themes of hotel, new york city, mother, jealousy, robbery, gallery. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it stars Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal. Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.
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