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Edition 2020
Films
Crew:
Screenplay: Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois
Cinematography: Stefano Felivene
Production: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze, Julio Chavezmontes, Diana Phillips
Cinematography: Stefano Felivene
Production: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze, Julio Chavezmontes, Diana Phillips
In exchange of his old lifestyle, Clint has moved to the Siberian mountains to manage a small bar where most of his clients do not speak English, his mother tongue. Feeling unsatisfied with his failed attempt to find peace in isolation, he embarks on a sled journey towards a cave. There, Clint finds himself confronting his past dreams and memories in an effort to find meaning in the things he has lived through. An anarchic and mystical odyssey through the pathways of individualism, masculinity and nostalgia, Siberia narrates a man’s journey to the depths of his own psyche. The film marks the sixth collaboration between Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe and it is considered to be the filmmaker’s most intriguing and mysterious project to date.
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Cast:
Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Cristina Chiriac -
Original Title:
Siberia -
Country:
Italy, Germany, Mexico -
Year:
2020 - 92’ Subtitles: Portuguese
Crew:
Screenplay: Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois
Cinematography: Stefano Felivene
Production: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze, Julio Chavezmontes, Diana Phillips
Cinematography: Stefano Felivene
Production: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze, Julio Chavezmontes, Diana Phillips
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.