Anything But Love

2002·United States·102 min.
Anything But Love
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Billie Golden (Rose) is a struggling cabaret singer with a vivid imagination. Dressed like Audrey Hepburn or Rita Hayworth, she nostalgically envisions a lush life spent singing in glamorous nightclubs amidst the glows of velvet and the sparkle of champagne. Unfortunately, her fantasies are constantly shattered by the reality of the third rate lounge where she performs, a widowed, alcoholic mother (Korey), and a tattered life in a dilapidated row house in Queens. In the midst of her confusion, torn between her dreams and reality, Greg Ellenbogen (Bancroft), an old high school heartthrob who is now a succesful corporate lawyer, comes back into her life and offers her almost everything she could ever desire. But when she meets Elliot (McCarthy), an arrogant, bohemian musician, she if forced to choose between luxuries Greg can give her and the one thing he can't: a life filled with music. "Anything But Love" is the story of a woman looking for the place where dreams and reality intersect, if such a place exists at all.

DirectorRobert Cary
CinematographyHoracio Marquínez
Original titleAnything But Love
Also known asStandard Time