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Nicole Kidman as SATINE
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental but diamonds are truly her best friend.
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Starlet, harlot, can-can dancer and sexy courtesan at the notorious Moulin Rouge. A true tragic heroine, her strength is her mask, yet the passionate poet Christian sees straight through it. Come what may, he will love Satine until her dying day. |
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Ewan McGregor as CHRISTIAN
Above all things he believes in love.
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Taking only a typewriter and a 'ridiculous obsession with love,' Christian seeks out the young bohemians of Montmartre in Paris, a movement of artists, musicians and writers who cherish alternate ideals of Beauty, Truth, Freedom and Love. But they also introduce him to the delirium of the Moulin Rouge and when Satine becomes the L'amour of his life, there's nothing Christian wouldn't do in the name of love. |
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John Leguizamo as TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
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For resident artist and vertically challenged boho barfly of the Moulin Rouge, life is a bohemian party. Lautrec wants our handsome poet Christian to write the new show for the Moulin Rouge and introduces him to the star, Satine. He may spend too much time 'under the influence' but when these two young hearts fall in love, he knows he's not hallucinating this time. Sad but true. |
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Richard Roxburgh as THE DUKE OF MONROTH
"I don't like people touching my things."
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Satine makes the Duke believe she wants him to secure finance for the transformation of the Moulin Rouge into a theatre. But the Duke's obsession is possession. He wants Satine as an object, his very own 'Sparkling Diamond.' When he realises he is just being exploited, the Duke's darkest depths are revealed. The story will end his way, even if that means murder. |
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Jim Broadbent as HAROLD ZIDLER
"The show must go on."
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Opportunist of the underworld. Father figure and pimp to Satine. He's a showbusinessman and if there's no show, there's no business. So he'll do whatever it takes to get the Moulin Rouge transformed into a theatre, including convincing Satine to trick the Duke into an investment. "Invest? Did someone say the Duke is going to invest?" That's Zidler's cue. |
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