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The film tells the story of a powerful man, a possible candidate for the Presidency of France, who lives a life of debauchery and is arrested after being accused of raping a maid at his hotel.
George Devereaux, a prominent French politician, lives a life of debauchery, until he is arrested in New York for sexually assaulting a hotel maid.
A powerful French politician (Gérard Depardieu) goes on trial for sexually assaulting a chambermaid in his Manhattan hotel room.
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How to watch online, stream, rent or buy Welcome to New York (2014) in the UK + release dates, reviews and trailers. Inspired by the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, this lurid drama about money, sex and power is led by Gérard Depardieu as Devereaux, a character based on Kahn.
Year: 2014. Original title: Welcome to New York. Synopsis: A look at the rise and controversial fall of French economist and former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
WELCOME TO NEW YORK encapsulates Ferrara's career in a linear arc, moving from softcore erotica to bullish crime procedural before dumping out in screw-tightening psychological chamber drama that wrings out unexpectedly human empathy without ever offering absolution for its subject.
May 12, 2014 · The career-imploding misadventures of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn get filtered through the uniquely lurid prism of director Abel Ferrara in “Welcome to New York.”