Tommaso

Name: Tommaso
Genre: Drama
Released: June 5, 2020
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Alessandra Scarci, Alessandro Foschetti, Alessandro Prato, Anna Ferrara, Cristina Chiriac

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Kino Lorber | Release Date (Streaming): June 5, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Alessandra Scarci, Alessandro Foschetti, Alessandro Prato, Anna Ferrara, Cristina Chiriac, Kyle Reardon, Lorenzo Piazzoni, Sofia Rania, Stella Mastrantonio, Willem Dafoe

Summary: Abel Ferrara’s first dramatic feature since 2014’s Pasolini reteams the filmmaker and his frequent lead Willem Dafoe, who plays the title character, an older American expat living in Rome with his young wife and their daughter. Disoriented by his past misgivings and subsequent, unexpected blows to his self-esteem, Tommaso wades through thisAbel Ferrara’s first dramatic feature since 2014’s Pasolini reteams the filmmaker and his frequent lead Willem Dafoe, who plays the title character, an older American expat living in Rome with his young wife and their daughter. Disoriented by his past misgivings and subsequent, unexpected blows to his self-esteem, Tommaso wades through this late chapter of his life with an increasingly impaired grasp on reality as he prepares for his next film.… Expand

Director: Abel Ferrara

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Jun 5, 2020

The film depicts a subtle, complicated, mostly internal process so thoughtfully — blending humility and go-for-broke nerve — that its flaws ultimately seemed minor to me. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Jun 3, 2020

Like so much in this deceptively earnest film, the Roman backdrop creates ambiguous terms. One is left to wonder whether Tommaso’s internal chaos is that of an eternal figure in an ancient city, or just another guy trying to keep it together as he makes the turn to the Piazza Dante. Read full review

Mark Olsen

Jun 6, 2020

The camera stays close to Dafoe for nearly every moment of the movie and he brings a compelling vibrancy to the screen. He somehow conveys both the tranquility of Tommaso’s current life and all that simmers just under the surface. Read full review

David Fear

Jun 8, 2020

If this is Ferrara hashing through his issues, may his troubled soul never be totally purged. Read full review

Tim Grierson

May 24, 2019

It’s fair to ask whether the world really needs one more story about a flawed, brilliant, lustful older male artist, but Tommaso’s commitment to its own soul-searching fervor is potently feverish. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Jun 4, 2020

It is so narrowly focused on neurotic obsessions that the quest for finding that fundamental nature of ultimate reality is sidetracked. What kind of approach is that for a Buddhist? Ferrara takes the easy way out. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

May 24, 2019

A bit more discipline would have helped this one, which struggles to hold viewer interest across two full hours but would likely register more strongly with 15-20 minutes removed. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Jul 7, 2020

It's not unusual when the lead actor is the best reason to watch a film and it's also not unusual when the director's hand is simply not in sight, but surprisingly Tommaso is a film that remains focused on Dafoe's work because it's evident that Abel Ferrara never seems to be sure what he'sIt's not unusual when the lead actor is the best reason to watch a film and it's also not unusual when the director's hand is simply not in sight, but surprisingly Tommaso is a film that remains focused on Dafoe's work because it's evident that Abel Ferrara never seems to be sure what he's trying to say and what Dafoe expresses is the only thing that keeps you interested.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Jun 12, 2020

This overlong, meandering character study about an aging American actor/filmmaker living in Rome with his young wife and daughter as he attempts to build a new life in the wake of wild younger days characterized by irresponsibility and substance abuse never quite hits its stride. The filmThis overlong, meandering character study about an aging American actor/filmmaker living in Rome with his young wife and daughter as he attempts to build a new life in the wake of wild younger days characterized by irresponsibility and substance abuse never quite hits its stride. The film offers no definitive answers to his dilemma -- in itself a refreshingly blunt and honest characterization of his circumstances -- but the inclusion of considerable easily edited extraneous material, as well as fantasy sequences that don't always work, makes for a tedious slog, leaving the viewer waiting for something profound, moving or significant to happen that never does. Director Abel Ferrara's latest obviously is personally meaningful to the filmmaker (an attribute made apparent through the fine lead performance of Willem Dafoe), and its cinematography and production design make for a visually interesting offering. But a lack of focus, a pretentious, myopic narrative, and an overall self-indulgent approach can't save a release for which resisting the temptation of the fast forward button is indeed quite a challenge.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Jan 7, 2021

(Mauro Lanari)
Bohemian in Rome as he prepares the storyboard for the following "Siberia", Ferrara is didactically linear in the alleged anguished self-analysis (this time supported by a mutual self-help group), and synthesizes Christianity and Buddhism in single scenes: "Quid est veritas?"(Mauro Lanari)
Bohemian in Rome as he prepares the storyboard for the following "Siberia", Ferrara is didactically linear in the alleged anguished self-analysis (this time supported by a mutual self-help group), and synthesizes Christianity and Buddhism in single scenes: "Quid est veritas?" "You suffer", transcendental meditation and tolling of bell. But at the conclusive repeated crucifixion of Dafoe, he becomes both unbearably more pretentious and less experimental.… Expand

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