Somewhere in the City
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ramin Niami
Mike Danner
Steven Schub
Patrick Boll
Thomas Riis Farrell
Paul Anthony Stewart
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A bittersweet New York comedy, inspired by Maxim Gorki's "The Lower Depths," whose six central characters all live in the same Lower East Side tenement. Betty is a gangly, unlucky in love therapist who takes Lu Lu under her wing to help with her Americanization. Che is a trust fund radical who is too self-absorbed to act on his romantic impulses toward Lu Lu. Marta is an Italian immigrant who is married to the building's super. She is also cheating with her neighbor, Frankie, a hustler whose scams and ripoffs never pay off as expected. Frankie's proverbial one last job goes terribly and comically wrong adding to Marta's heartbreak after he has promised to take her away in his nice, new, "borrowed" car.
Director
Ramin Niami
Cast
Mike Danner
Steven Schub
Patrick Boll
Thomas Riis Farrell
Paul Anthony Stewart
Travis M Perry
Rob Shapiro
Bai Ling
Sandra Bernhard
Ed Koch
Ornella Muti
Bulle Ogier
Barbara Tirrell
Jimmy Noonan
Mohammed B Ghaffari
Read Kelly
Robert John Burke
Paula Brancato
Linda Dano
Bill Sage
Ed Koch
Peter Stormare
Kim Walker
Jessica Dublin
Paolina Weber
Crew
Michael Abelman
Lisa Albin
Jacqueline Alexander
Antonio L Arroyo
Paul Avery
S Batim Balaman
Joan Baran
Csaba Bereczki
Paula Brancato
Michele Brancazio Lombard
Christina Buckley
John Cale
Matthew Chilsen
Steve Constantino
Margot Core
Gil Cowdurow
Iona De Macedo
Iona De Macedo
Patrick Dillon
Patrick Dillon
Jessica Donohue
Dylan Forer
Alison Froling
Chris Frumkes
Angela Galyean
Elizabeth Gazzara
Abbot Genser
Max Goldfarb
Dina Goldman
Karsten Gopinah
Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
Heather Gowdy
Robin Grant
Ken Greenblatt
John Guttierez
Karen Hartman
Richard R Hoover
Karen Jaroneski
Karen Jaroneski
Brigitte Jensen
Cecily Kaston
Lisa King
Juda Lazarus
Nadia Leonelli
Bill Loeffler
Tim Lovell
Steve Lubensky
Liz Margin
Jack Mclaughlin
Ken Meyers
Lisa Molinaro
James Morris
Ramin Niami
Ramin Niami
Ramin Niami
Sarra-jane Piat-kelly
Jon R Popham
Brian Przypek
Toby Radin
Douglas Ridgeway
Michelle Roa
Karen Robson
Steve Rosen
Michel Samuel
Caroline Sinclair
Petra Stachl
Meryl Stavitz
Noah Stollman
Robert Sturm
Igor Sunara
Igor Sunara
Andy Thomas
Andy Thomas
Rae Umsted
Lia Van De Donk
Das Werk
Walter Yetnikoff
Rob York
Robert York
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States December 11, 1996
Released in United States December 2, 1996
Released in United States December 4, 1996
Released in United States Fall September 18, 1998
Released in United States July 1998
Released in United States October 1997
Released in United States October 2, 1998
Released in United States on Video December 23, 2003
Released in United States September 1997
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival East Hampton, New York October 15-19, 1997.
Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 14-21, 1997.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 3-11, 1998.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 15 - June 8, 1997.
Feature directorial debut for Iranian documentarian Ramin Niami.
Began shooting February 25, 1996.
Completed shooting April 4, 1996.
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 15 - June 8, 1997.)
Released in United States July 1998 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 3-11, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1997 (Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 14-21, 1997.)
Released in United States Fall September 18, 1998
Released in United States October 1997 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival East Hampton, New York October 15-19, 1997.)
Released in United States October 2, 1998 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States December 2, 1996 (Shown in New York City (Angelika 57) December 2, 1996.)
Released in United States December 4, 1996 (Shown in Los Angeles (Raleigh Studios) December 4, 1996.)
Released in United States December 11, 1996 (Shown in London (SONY Europe) December 11, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video December 23, 2003