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Retrospectives - Abel Ferrara

Crew:

Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Abel Ferrara, Mario Isabella, Simone Lageoles, Scott Pardo
DOP: Stefano Falivene
Production: Wild Bunch, Associated Film, Central Films, De Nigris Productions, Surreel

Mary

A film by Abel Ferrara

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Independent director Tony Childress casts himself as Jesus Christ in This is my Blood, the film within Abel Ferrara’s resonant and revelatory new film, Mary. With the gifted Marie Palesi as his Magdalene, all seems well until the shoot wraps and she refuses to accept that filming is over. Instead of returning with Tony to New York, she travels alone to Jerusalem to continue her spiritual journey inspired by her role. A year later in Manhattan we find the final member of our trinity, Ted Younger, a superstar network journalist, in the midst of a prime time week long, special, investigating the life and times of Jesus Christ. While his show is receiving high ratings, he and his wife are about to face a personal crisis which they are unprepared for spiritually. Moving from New York to Rome to Jerusalem, Ferrara brings the mystery and legend of Mary Magdalene out from the shadows of antiquity in a new post 9/11 style.
  • Cast:

    Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Modine, Heather Graham, Marion Cotillard, Stefania Rocca, Francine Berting, Giovanni Capalbo, Massimo Cortesi, Ettore D'Alessandro
  • Original Title:

    Mary
  • Country:

    United States of America, France, Italy
  • Year:

    2005
  • 83'

Crew:

Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Abel Ferrara, Mario Isabella, Simone Lageoles, Scott Pardo
DOP: Stefano Falivene
Production: Wild Bunch, Associated Film, Central Films, De Nigris Productions, Surreel

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.
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