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Ray Ruby's Paradise: a classy go go/cabaret in downtown Manhattan is a factory of dreams and dreamers, run by the charismatic impresario Ray Ruby, with the expert assistance from long time cronies and colourful hangers on and featuring the most beautiful and talented girls in paradise. Unfortunately all is not well in Paradise and in the course of one eventful night, Ray and his main sidekick, accountant Jay, are facing imminent foreclosure by the landlady.
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Cast:
Willem Dafoe, Matthew Modine, Bob Hoskins, Asia Argento, Bianca Balti, Roy Dotrice -
Original Title:
Go Go Tales -
Country:
United States of America, Italy -
Year:
2007 - 96'
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.
