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Retrospectives - Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara headlines a film retrospective and a series of concerts in France during the festival Addiction à l’oeuvre, dedicated to songs and music from his films. Preparations with his family and friends will form the material of this self portrait, showing another side of the director of legendary films Bad Lieutenant, The King of New York and The Addiction. Ferrara is joined on stage by past collaborators, including composer Joe Delia, actress Dounia Sichov, actor-singer Paul Hipp and his wife, actress Cristina Chiriac for concerts at the Metronum in Toulouse and the Salò Club in Paris in October 2016.
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Cast:
Abel Ferrara, Joe Delia, Pj Delia, Paul Hipp -
Original Title:
Alive in France -
Country:
France -
Year:
2017 - 79'
Director
Abel Ferrara
Born in New York in 1951, Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content of his films, his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. He maintains a cult reputation that allows him to navigate between large-budget features and decadent B-movie-style tales. A long-time independent filmmaker, his best-known films include Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Funeral (1996) and Pasolini (2014). Abel Ferrara has been a guest of LEFFEST several times, and his work was screened in a Retrospective at LEFFEST’ 17. He returns this year to the festival to present his new film Padre Pio.
