Summary
Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Fingerprint
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 38GoodWatch 44
IMDb4.8
Audience score27%
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most music movies, −16 min on the typical 106
typical 10690Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
1980
October 2, 1980
46 years ago
Genres
MusicDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
16 of 16
Carole BouquetNada
Richard HellBilly
Ulli LommelHoffritz
Suzanna LoveLizzy- HGHoward GrantJack
- BWBen WeinerKellerman
Andy WarholSelf- RMRobert MaderoHarry (as Bob Madero)
- IIgorBartender
- BMBill MillingMarlowe
- DPDavid PinnockBobby Butler
- FJFrank J. ButlerBobby's Father (as J. Frank Butler)
- RQRobert QuineVoidoids
- IJIvan JulianVoidoids
Marky RamoneVoidoids (as Mark Bell)- WSWalter StedingViolin Player
Directing · 3
- Ulli Lommel Director, Story, Screenplay
- Andrew Deutsch Assistant Director, Associate Producer
- Nancy Wood Script Supervisor
Writing · 3
- Robert Madero Screenplay, Co-Producer
- Richard Hell Screenplay
- Peter Muller Screenplay, Dialogue Coach
Production · 6
- Roger Deutsch Producer
- Franz-Christoph Giercke Executive In Charge Of Post Production
- Jay May Production Assistant
- Camilla Valez Production Assistant
- George Giogrande Production Assistant
- Bill Milling Production Manager
Camera · 3
- Atze Glanert Director of Photography
- Chris Head Assistant Camera
- Stephen Sanacore Still Photographer
Editing · 5
- Paul Evans Editor
- Magdaline Volaitis Assistant Editor, Sound Editor
- Miguel Chivite Assistant Editor
- Andy Federman Assistant Editor
- John Keogh Assistant Editor
Sound · 3
- Elliot Goldenthal Conductor, Music
- Larry Scharf Sound
- Gary Steele Sound
Art · 1
- Dyanne Klein Set Decoration, Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Mira Stern Makeup Artist
Lighting · 1
- Stefan Czapsky Gaffer
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