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he decides to get him a one-on-one interview with the star of the Moulin Rouge’s racy revue, the courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman).

He is immediately smitten, and, to her surprise, so is she. But she is also being pursued by a wealthy duke (Richard Roxburgh) whose investment in the Moulin Rouge will make the club’s owner, Zidler (Jim Broadbent) a wealthy man. And there’s another factor-Satine is afflicted with tuberculosis.

The love story in “Moulin Rouge” works, and at times, it’s even touching. Certainly, some of this has to do with the actors. McGregor plays his role with a naive romanticism and Kidman

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