Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa's celebrated musical, originally based on Arthur Schnitzler's play, La Ronde.
Score
LaChiusa's jagged, gorgeous songs demand your full attention.
Acting
Rumer Willis and Martha Plimpton absolutely devour their scenes.
Director
Tom Gustafson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
La Ronde has been adapted by Max Ophüls (1950) and Roger Vadim (1964), but this is the first musical version to explicitly queer the source material's class commentary.
Jenna Ushkowitz was literally on Glee while filming this—she brought her entire Broadway belt to Marie's fantasy number.
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