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...