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Crew:
Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Nicholas St John
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: October Films
Screenplay: Nicholas St John
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: October Films
Set in the 1930s, the Tempio Brothers - Ray, Chez, and Johnny - work with the mob. Ray is the cool and methodical type, Chez is an angry man who tends to fly off the handle, and Johnny is the odd man out, whose work with labor unions has given him a strong interest in socialism. When Johnny is murdered by rival mobster Gaspare, it has a profound effect on his brothers. Ray is determined to seek revenge, even though his wife Jeanette, realizing a reprisal will only lead to more violence, begs him to reconsider, while Chez begins losing his tenuous grip on reality, causing no small discomfort for his wife Clara. In time, both brothers are forced to deal with the ugly repercussions of their family's long-standing criminal lifestyle.
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Cast:
Vincent Gallo, Christopher Walken, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Gretchen Mol, Isabella Rossellini -
Original Title:
The Funeral -
Country:
United States of America -
Year:
1996 - 99'
Crew:
Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Nicholas St John
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: October Films
Screenplay: Nicholas St John
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: October Films
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.