Another View 2019 / Tommaso / Italy 2019
The titular hero of the latest offering from ex-bad boy Abel Ferrara, played impeccably by Willem Dafoe, feels at home in Rome, and he even enjoys struggling to learn Italian. But he also sees a change in outlook overtaking his young wife Nikki, with whom he has a little girl, the apple of his eye. Ferrara continues his probe into the unsettlingly dark side of our existence in a supremely unexpected fashion, via a film so intense it takes your breath away.
Played impeccably by Willem Dafoe, the titular hero of the latest offering from ex-bad boy Abel Ferrara feels at home in Rome, and he even enjoys struggling with his Italian. But he also sees a change in outlook overtaking his young wife Nikki, with whom he has a little girl, Dee Dee, the apple of his eye. The American artist’s day to day existence, hovering between reality and, too often, precarious fantasy, is punctuated by both the fulfilling and frustrating encounters Tommaso has with the “possessors” of various destinies and with himself. Ferrara continues his probe into the unsettlingly dark side of our existence in a supremely unexpected fashion, via a film so intense it takes your breath away.
Karel Och
115 min / Color, DCP
Director Abel Ferrara
/ Screenplay Abel Ferarra
/ Dir. of Photography Peter Zeitlinger
/ Music Joe Delia
/ Editor Fabio Nunziata
/ Art Director Tommaso Ortino, Luigi Marchione
/ Producer Christos V. Kostantakopoulos, Laura Buffoni, Michael Weber, Simone Gattoni
/ Production Faliro house, simila(r)
/ Coproduction Vivo Film
/ Cast Willem Dafoe, Anna Ferrara, Cristina Chiriac
/ Sales The Match Factory
Abel Ferrara (b. 1951, The Bronx, New York). Selected filmography: China Girl (1987), Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Funeral (1996), New Rose Hotel (1998), Pasolini (2014), Welcome to New York (2014), Piazza Vittorio (2017, doc.), Alive in France (2017, doc.), The Projectionist (2019, doc.), Tommaso (2019)
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