1) W. Dafoe was astonishing as expected. 2) Way too many random shots of naked zero figured women (girls) 3) Disjointed but that's obviously intended. I wasn't bored & 98% of the credit goes to Dafoe. I didn't find anything else spectacular. The cinematography seemed extremely patchy & distracting. 4) I'm unsure what the final shot meant. I don't do well with religious undertones. 5) This is artsy fartsy, yes.. but has enough saving grace.

"Tommaso" is far from being one of Abel Ferrara's best films, but thankfully the seasoned filmmaker casted one of the industry's best character actors to keep this film alive; Willem Dafoe.

In this drama, an American living in Italy with his young wife and toddler struggles to find purpose while overcoming addiction and self doubt.

Beautifully shot but a little too slow paced and artsy, "Tommaso" tries hard to be this seminal film for filmmaker Abel Ferrara but never quite gets there. Willem Dafoe is the saviour of this film, making it a worthwhile watch. Dafoe is no stranger to Ferrara as they've worked together countless times, especially in the last five years. "Tommaso" is a troubled film but you could still understand the message the filmmaker is trying to make even if it takes some pondering afterwards.

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This is the type of movie which will go over very well in France, especially in Cannes. It's artsy without being over the top but will surely stir some commentary at the after-party(which I believe was consciously intended by Ferrara). The documentary filming style manages to cool its pretentiousness to the edge of supportability. It's coherent until it isn't and in the end it's over the top. Shot beautifully and with a haunting score. Dafoe is spectacular here. His Yoga poses alone are impressive for a 65 year old which has looked pretty much the same for at least 20 years. The third act melt-down is interesting and especially for a recovering alcoholic quite an interesting conclusion for the main character to succumb to his self destructive tendency (especially after converting to Buddhism),but I felt the crucifixion was a bit much(or forced). Also, the Buddhist philosophical quotes featured in the movie are ironically not very insightful, so they felt randomly picked.

All in all definitely worth a watch but more as a novelty (but could have been great).

P.S. The Moldovan language mentioned in the beginning by Tommaso doesn't exist. People in Moldova speak the same language as their former countrymen(before the Soviet annexation) in neighboring Romania. And it's called Romanian.

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