Chicago in the roaring 20s. Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) has come to make a show career, and the friendly Fred (Dominic West) claims to know the right people. Unfortunately, Fred only knows his bedside manner, which is why Roxie gives him the bullet. In the remand prison she meets her idol, singer Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who is serving time for double murder. Nevertheless, Velma is in good spirits because the best lawyer in town is looking after her. At least until Bill Flynn (Richard Gere) meets Roxie. Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Traffic") and Renée Zellweger ("Bridget Jones") are invited to a dazzling musical and courtroom duel between the murderesses - which becomes a three-way fight when Lucy Liu ("3 Angels for Charlie") also joins in. Chicago around 1920: On her way to fame, naive Roxy Hart kills her manager, who has cheated and exploited her. In prison, Roxy meets her adored role model - the glamorous singer Velma Kelly, who shot her husband and sister after discovering their relationship. While Velma's career goes downhill, Roxy suddenly attracts the attention of the press. Variety star Velma Kelley catches sister and husband in flagrante delicto and promptly sends them both to the afterlife. In prison, the avenging angel meets her most ardent admirer Roxie Hart. She, in turn, has the lover on her conscience because he did not promote her career properly. In order to be set free again, the two ladies, who have been washed by all means, now vie for the favor of the tabloids, while star lawyer Billy Flynn tries to obtain an acquittal for his two "innocent" clients.
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