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The Gallerist

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United States202588 minEnglish
Gallerist

A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.

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A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.

Cathy Yan returns to the Sundance Film Festival (her debut, Dead Pigs, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival) with this wickedly fun, corrosive satire of the contemporary art world.

Preparing for her Art Basel premiere, gallerist Polina Polinski (Natalie Portman) hosts an early look for art influencer Dalton Hardberry (Zach Galifianakis) to review emerging artist Stella Burgess (Da’Vine Joy Randolph). Dalton’s unimpressed with the gallery until he sees one piece that captures his attention and revs up the ruthless machine of the art world.

Robust and precise with terrific performances by a stellar cast, The Gallerist reinforces Yan’s buoyant ability to survey society’s ills whilst illuminating poetic pools of beauty speckling the surrounds. — SF

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Credits

  • Director(s)

    Cathy Yan

  • Screenwriters

    James Pedersen

    Cathy Yan

  • Producers

    Ash Sarohia

    Sophie Mas

    Natalie Portman

    Jonathan King

    Tom McCarthy

    Rae Baron

    Zola Elgart Glassman

  • Executive Producers

    Jenna Ortega

    Roberto Malerba

    James Pedersen

  • Director of Photography

    Federico Cesca

  • Production Designer

    Francesca Di Mottola

  • Edited by

    Brian A. Kates

  • Costume Designer

    Bénédicte Mouret

  • Music by

    Andrew Orkin

    Joseph Shirley

  • Music Supervisor

    Linda Cohen

  • Casting by

    Laura Rosenthal

  • Additional Cast

    Daniel Brühl

    Charli xcx

    Youssef Kerkour

  • Principal Cast

    Natalie Portman

    Jenna Ortega

    Sterling K. Brown

    Zach Galifianakis

    Da’Vine Joy Randolph

    Catherine Zeta-Jones

  • Contact

    Jaycie Luo

    jluo@mrcentertainment.com

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Cathy Yan

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Cathy Yan’s debut feature, Dead Pigs, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Yan then directed Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). Yan also directed an episode of Succession, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing.

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