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Set in Paris, circa 1899, Christian (Ewan McGregor) is a penniless writer who has just arrived in the town of Monmartre, home of the infamous Moulin Rouge nightclub.
When Christian has a chance encounter with a group of petty unconformists, led by dwarf Toulouse Lautrec (John Leguizamo),
and helps them to come up with the lyrics of "The Sound of Music" for the musical revue they are preparing for the Moulin Rouge,
they immediately hire him to be their writer.
They also set up a meeting with gorgeous courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman),
whom they want for the female lead of what they have entitled "Spectacular Spectacular!"
At first mistaking him for a wealthy duke, Satine falls instantly in love with Christian, and vice versa,
much to the chagrin of the real duke (Richard Roxburgh), who has not only just staked a claim in Moulin Rouge,
but has gotten the club's owner, Zidler (Jim Broadbent), to sign an agreement giving him exclusive rights to Satine.
And although Christian and Satine do not yet know it, Satine has been diagnosed with a fatal case of tuberculosis.
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