A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.

Edward Clements
as Tom Townsend

Chris Eigeman
as Nick Smith

Taylor Nichols
as Charlie Black

Carolyn Farina
as Audrey Rouget

Isabel Gillies
as Cynthia McLean

Dylan Hundley
as Sally Fowler

Allison Parisi
as Jane Clarke

Bryan Leder
as Fred Neff

Will Kempe
as Rick Von Sloneker

Ellia Thompson
as Serena Slocum
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Whit Stillman’s _Metropolitan_ offers a witty and arch glimpse into the lives of Upper East Side debutantes and their slightly aimless escorts during Christmas break. It's like _The Breakfast Club_, but with black-tie soirées instead of detention and ironic detachment and spirited Jane Austen debate...