Moulin Rouge! Is a movie from the year 2001 directed by Baz Luhrmann. It is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata and La Boheme. The story of Moulin Rouge! Takes place in 19th century Paris in a cabaret with courtesans and can-can dancers. The story starts out at the ending with British poet/writer Christian (Ewan McGregor, Star Wars I, Star Wars II) sitting at a type writer, mourning the loss of his true love. The plot centers on Christian who moves from London to Paris to become a writer in the Bohemian Culture. One day while in his apartment room he is sitting at his type writer, when a guest from the resident living above him crashes through the ceiling of his apartment. That is when he meets Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo, Romeo + Juliet) whom is currently working on an unfinished script for a play. After catching a glimpse of Christian's talents in writing, he asks him for help with his unfinished script. Christian rejects his Toulouse's offer after seeing a quick flashback of his father telling him that he'll just waste his life away in Paris. Toulouse eventually convinces Christian to help him with his script by asking him if he believes in the bohemian ideals of truth, beauty, freedom and love.
After convincing Christian for help with the script, Toulouse and his group of bohemian artists take Christian to the Moulin Rouge so that they can convince Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent, Topsy Turvey) the owner of the cabaret Moulin Rouge. At the Moulin Rouge Christian meets the terminally ill courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman, Batman Forever) and falls in love with her.
In this movie Nicole Kidman puts on a good performance as the courtesan Satine, whose character is someone searching for a better life and dreams of becoming an actress but when she meets the ever love searching Christian she has to choose between true love and her lifelong dream of becoming an actress.
The theme in this movie pretty much questions the audience if they would give up their dreams in order to keep newfound true love.
Some critics have labeled this film as one you will either love or hate depending on if you liked Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet. The first time I saw this film I actually fell in love with it and I'd recommend it to any lover of tragic musicals
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