If you loved And the Band Played On, try Rent
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, outsider mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to And the Band Played On, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Rent is
New York’s East Village becomes a cramped clinic-cum-living-room where rent is due but dreams are optional. The story follows seven friends clinging to art and each other as their bodies and bank accounts run low. It’s a squeaky-clean musical that somehow forgot to take its own medicine.
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