Abel Ferrara

2021 Golden Asteroide Award

American director, actor, screenwriter. He made his debut in the world of cinema at an amateur level in Super 8 and soon went on to direct his first feature films, The Driller Killer (1979) and The Angel of Vengeance (Ms. 45, 1981), which already denote an authorial poetics clearly focused on the themes of Guilt and Redemption. In the nineties he made his most famous films: The Bad Lieutenant (1992) with Harvey Keitel, The Addiction (1995) with Lili Taylor, Brothers (The Funeral, 1996) with Christopher Walken. In 2007 the controversial Go Go Tales (2007) with Asia Argento. In 2014 he signed the biopic Pasolini with Willem Dafoe

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Abel Ferrara
Germany, UK, USA 2021, 86’
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2021 Neon

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Abel Ferrara

Premio Asteroide d’oro 2021

Regista, attore, sceneggiatore statunitense. Esordisce nel mondo del cinema a livello amatoriale in Super 8 e arriva ben presto a dirigere i primi lungometraggi, The Driller Killer (1979) e L’angelo della vendetta (Ms. 45, 1981), che già denotano una poetica autoriale nettamente incentrata sui temi della Colpa e della Redenzione. Negli anni Novanta firma i suoi film più celebri: Il cattivo tenente (The Bad Lieutenant, 1992) con Harvey Keitel, The Addiction (1995) con Lili Taylor, Fratelli (The Funeral, 1996) con Christopher Walken. Del 2007 il controverso Go Go Tales (2007) con Asia Argento. Nel 2014 firma il biopic Pasolini con Willem Dafoe.

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