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Fear City is about a serial killer who hangs around Manhattan's strip clubs to find his next victim. As the story progresses, the owner of the biggest strip club in town finds himself threatened by the killer, as he fears that the woman he loves is the next prey on the list.
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Cast:
Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia -
Original Title:
Fear City -
Country:
United States of America -
Year:
1984 - 95’ (uncut: 97’)
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.
