The Gallerist

United States202588 minEnglish

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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Screenings

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Jan 24, 9:30 PM MST
Premiere
Eccles Theatre
Park City
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Jan 25, 7:30 PM MST
Screening
Megaplex Redstone - 1
Park City
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ASL (Q&A only)
Jan 30, 6:00 PM MST
Screening
Eccles Theatre
Park City
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Jan 31, 5:15 PM MST
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Rose Wagner Center
Salt Lake City
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Feb 1, 6:00 PM MST
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The Ray Theatre
Park City
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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

Cathy Yan

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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