Pasolini
New York Film Festival Essentials
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1h 24m
Directed by Abel Ferrara • Drama • 2019 • France, Belgium, Italy • English, Italian, French with English subtitles • Mature Content
Starring Willem Dafoe, Ninetto Davoli , Riccardo Scamarcio
Abel Ferrara's "Pasolini" stars frequent collaborator Willem Dafoe as film director Pier Paolo Pasolini and chronicles the final hours before his death. Facing persecution from the public, politicians, and critics, Pasolini visits with his beloved mother and friends - all the while cruising in his Alfa Romeo for adventure and connections with beautiful younger men in the dark streets of Rome.
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