Love in the Time of Money (2002)
Director
Peter Mattei
Main cast
Vera Farmiga; Domenick Lombardozzi; Jill Hennessy; Malcolm Gets; Steve Buscemi
Genres
Drama, Romance
Description
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.
Peter Mattei
Main cast
Vera Farmiga; Domenick Lombardozzi; Jill Hennessy; Malcolm Gets; Steve Buscemi
Genres
Drama, Romance
Description
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.
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