Tommaso

Directed by Abel Ferrara

Year: 2019
Running Time: 116
Color Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Country: Italy, U.S.
Language: English and Italian with English subtitles
Genres: Drama
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Tommaso

Cast
Willem Dafoe
Christina Chiriac
Anna Ferrara

Crew
Directed by Abel Ferrara


With theaters closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this film will be released in "virtual cinemas" supporting independent art houses. Click here to learn more and find a theater near you to support.

Abel Ferrara’s first dramatic feature since 2014’s Pasolini reteams the filmmaker and his frequent lead Willem Dafoe, who delivers a career-best performance as 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. Tommaso is easily Ferrara and Dafoe’s most personal and engrossing collaboration to date, a delicately surrealistic work of autofiction marked by the keen sensitivity of two consummate artists. – Film at Lincoln Center

Reviews

"Critic's Pick! Crackle[s] with ideas and empathy, as Ferrara’s best work always does."

Glenn Kenny, The New York Times

"Manages to feel rough and risky while somehow sensitive at the same time, like the best of them."

Eric Kohn, Indiewire

"A sweet, honest character study of a man struggling with guilt and anxiety. Dafoe is incredible."

Tom Bond, Little White Lies

"Tommaso feels alive as a movie."

Owen Gleiberman, Variety


Awards

  • Special Screening – Cannes Film Festival

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A scene from <i>Tommaso</i>, courtesy Kino Lorber
A scene from <i>Tommaso</i>, courtesy Kino Lorber
A scene from <i>Tommaso</i>, courtesy Kino Lorber
A scene from <i>Tommaso</i>, courtesy Kino Lorber

PLAYDATES

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MSP Film Society virtual screening room Minneapolis 1592539200Starts June 19
Bozeman Film Society virtual screening room Bozeman 1592539200Starts June 19
New Plaza Cinema virtual screening room New York 1592539200Starts June 19
Fox Theatre virtual screening room Toronto 1591934400Starts June 12
Capri Theatre virtual screening room Montgomery 1591934400Starts June 12
Vancouver International Film Festival virtual screening room Vancouver 1591934400Starts June 12
The Miniplex virtual screening room Arcata 1591934400Starts June 12
Cinematique of Daytona virtual screening room Daytona Beach 1591934400Starts June 12
Chelsea Theater virtual screening room Chapel Hill 1591934400Starts June 12
Princeton Garden Theatre virtual screening room Princeton 1591934400Starts June 12
Story Screen virtual screening room Beacon 1591934400Starts June 12
Syndicated virtual screening room Brooklyn 1591934400Starts June 12
Downing Film Center virtual screening room Newburgh 1591934400Starts June 12
The Nightlight Cinema virtual screening room Akron 1591934400Starts June 12
Apollo Cinema virtual screening room Kitchener 1591934400Starts June 12
Sudbury Indie Cinema virtual screening room Sudbury 1591934400Starts June 12
Bijou Theatre virtual screening room Lincoln 1591934400Starts June 12
Ambler Theater virtual screening room Ambler 1591934400Starts June 12
County Theater virtual screening room Doyelstown 1591934400Starts June 12
Hiway Theater virtual screening room Jenkintown 1591934400Starts June 12
Cinema du Parc virtual screening room Montreal 1591934400Starts June 12
Jane Pickens Theatre virtual screening room Newport 1591934400Starts June 12
Sioux Falls State Theatre virtual screening room Sioux Falls 1591934400Starts June 12
Austin Film Society virtual screening room Austin 1591934400Starts June 12
Texas Theatre virtual screening room Oak Cliff 1591934400Starts June 12
Naro Expanded Cinema virtual screening room Norfolk 1591934400Starts June 12
Bryn Mawr Film Institute virtual screening room Bryn Mawr 1591675200Starts June 9
Mary D. Fisher Theatre virtual screening room Sedona 1591329600Starts June 5
The Loft Cinema virtual screening room Tucson 1591329600Starts June 5
The Civic Theatre virtual screening room Nelson 1591329600Starts June 5
Lumiere Cinema virtual screening room Los Angeles 1591329600Starts June 5
Acropolis Cinema virtual screening room Los Angeles 1591329600Starts June 5
Laemmle Theatres virtual screening room Los Angeles 1591329600Starts June 5
Arena Theater virtual screening room Point Arena 1591329600Starts June 5
Roxie Theater virtual screening room San Francisco 1591329600Starts June 5
Smith Rafael Film Center virtual screening room San Rafael 1591329600Starts June 5
The Frida Cinema virtual screening room Santa Ana 1591329600Starts June 5
Rio Theatre virtual screening room Santa Cruz 1591329600Starts June 5
Kimball's Peak 3 Theatre virtual screening room Colorado Springs 1591329600Starts June 5
Sie Film Center virtual screening room Denver 1591329600Starts June 5
Cinestudio virtual screening room Hartford 1591329600Starts June 5
Suns Cinema virtual screening room Washington 1591329600Starts June 5
Fort Lauderdale Film Festival virtual screening room Fort Lauderdale 1591329600Starts June 5
Tropic Cinema virtual screening room Key West 1591329600Starts June 5
Enzian Theatre virtual screening room Maitland 1591329600Starts June 5
O Cinema virtual screening room Miami Beach 1591329600Starts June 5
Pensacola Cinema Art virtual screening room Pensacola 1591329600Starts June 5
Corazon Cinema virtual screening room St. Augustine 1591329600Starts June 5
Cine Athens virtual screening room Athens 1591329600Starts June 5
LeFont Film Society virtual screening room Atlanta 1591329600Starts June 5
Plaza Theatre virtual screening room Atlanta 1591329600Starts June 5
Montage Cinemas virtual screening room Savannah 1591329600Starts June 5
FilmScene virtual screening room Iowa City 1591329600Starts June 5
Gene Siskel Film Center virtual screening room Chicago 1591329600Starts June 5
Kan Kan Cinema virtual screening room Indianapolis 1591329600Starts June 5
Baxter Avenue Theatre virtual screening room Louisville 1591329600Starts June 5
Amherst Cinema virtual screening room Amherst 1591329600Starts June 5
Coolidge Corner Theatre virtual screening room Brookline 1591329600Starts June 5
Countryfest Community Cinema virtual screening room Dauphin 1591329600Starts June 5
Senator Theater virtual screening room Baltimore 1591329600Starts June 5
Charles Theatre virtual screening room Baltimore 1591329600Starts June 5
AFI Silver virtual screening room Silver Spring 1591329600Starts June 5
Michigan Theater virtual screening room Ann Arbor 1591329600Starts June 5
The Film Lab virtual screening room Detroit 1591329600Starts June 5
Ragtag Cinema virtual screening room Columbia 1591329600Starts June 5
Oxford Film Festival virtual screening room Oxford 1591329600Starts June 5
a/perture cinema virtual screening room Winston Salem 1591329600Starts June 5
Ross Media Arts Center virtual screening room Lincoln 1591329600Starts June 5
The Colonial Theatre - Bethlehem virtual screening room Bethlehem 1591329600Starts June 5
Red River Theatres virtual screening room Concord 1591329600Starts June 5
Park Theatre virtual screening room Jaffrey 1591329600Starts June 5
Guild Cinema virtual screening room Albuquerque 1591329600Starts June 5
Violet Crown Santa Fe virtual screening room Santa Fe 1591329600Starts June 5
The Screening Room - Amherst virtual screening room Amherst 1591329600Starts June 5
North Park Theatre virtual screening room Buffalo 1591329600Starts June 5
Cinemapolis virtual screening room Ithaca 1591329600Starts June 5
Film at Lincoln Center virtual screening room New York 1591329600Starts June 5
Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center virtual screening room Patchogue 1591329600Starts June 5
Jacob Burns Film Center virtual screening room Pleasantville 1591329600Starts June 5
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Center virtual screening room Utica 1591329600Starts June 5
Cleveland Cinematheque virtual screening room Cleveland 1591329600Starts June 5
Cleveland Cinemas virtual screening room Cleveland 1591329600Starts June 5
Drexel Theatre virtual screening room Columbus 1591329600Starts June 5
Strand Theatre - OH virtual screening room Delaware 1591329600Starts June 5
Rodeo Cinema virtual screening room Oklahoma City 1591329600Starts June 5
Oklahoma City Museum of Art virtual screening room Oklahoma City 1591329600Starts June 5
Salem Cinema virtual screening room Salem 1591329600Starts June 5
Emmaus Theatre virtual screening room Emmaus 1591329600Starts June 5
Midtown Cinema virtual screening room Harrisburg 1591329600Starts June 5
Campus Theatre virtual screening room Lewisburg 1591329600Starts June 5
CineSpeak virtual screening room Philadelphia 1591329600Starts June 5
Nickelodeon Theatre virtual screening room Columbia 1591329600Starts June 5
Nashville Film Festival virtual screening room Nashville 1591329600Starts June 5
Violet Crown Austin virtual screening room Austin 1591329600Starts June 5
The Grand Berry Theater virtual screening room Fort Worth 1591329600Starts June 5
Salt Lake Film Society virtual screening room Salt Lake City 1591329600Starts June 5
Violet Crown Charlottesville virtual screening room Charlottesville 1591329600Starts June 5
Byrd Theatre virtual screening room Richmond 1591329600Starts June 5
Alamo Drafthouse Winchester virtual screening room Winchester 1591329600Starts June 5
Vermont International Film Festival virtual screening room Burlington 1591329600Starts June 5
Liberty Theatre virtual screening room Camas 1591329600Starts June 5
Grand Illusion Cinema virtual screening room Seattle 1591329600Starts June 5
Kiggins Theatre virtual screening room Vancouver 1591329600Starts June 5


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