GO GO TALES
by Abel Ferrara
synopsis
Ray e Joy run a « go go » cabaret in downtown Manhattan, "Paradise". The club is a factory of dreams for young dancers trying to make their way in the showbiz. Everything happens in a night, Ray e Jay are facing imminent foreclosure by the landlady when Johnny (Ray’s younger brother) tells Ray he is no longer willing to lend him the money to keep the club open. Things have gotten so bad that even the dancers are threatening to "strip-strike", and to make matters worse, Ray has lost their winning lottery ticket...
original title: | Go Go Tales |
country: | Italy, United States |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Abel Ferrara |
release date: | IT 20/06/2008, PT 09/04/2009 |
screenplay: | Abel Ferrara |
cast: | Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Modine, Bianca Balti, Lou Doillon, Asia Argento, Burt Young, Danny Quinn, Riccardo Scamarcio, Sylvia Miles |
cinematography by: | Fabio Cianchetti |
film editing: | Frank DeCurtis |
costumes designer: | Gemma Mascagni |
producer: | Massimo Gatti, Steven W. Lefkowitz, Roberto De Nigris, Frank DeCurtis |
production: | Bellatrix Media, De Nigris Productions (IT), Go Go Tales Inc (US) |
distributor: | Mediafilm S.P.A., Lusomundo (PT) |