The opening half an hour to Abel Ferrara’s contentious drama Welcome to New York (inspired by the infamous Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair) is mildly pornographic, with very little dialogue implemented at all. Instead, renowned French actor Gérard Depardieu’s animalistic grunting makes up much of the ambiance, with the unforgettable reverberations deriving from his fleshy palms slapping on the rear end of a prostitute being the most prominent sound. The problem is, the latter half is no match for this somewhat striking opening act.
Depardieu plays Devereaux, a powerful, yet ultimately repulsive man. When he’s not handling billions of dollars, or getting heavily involved in French politics – where he’s tipped to become the next president – he’s lavishing in expensive hotel rooms, paying for a plethora of prostitutes to be the latest victims to his derogatory, unbridled sexual fervour. One morning, following an unrelenting sex extravaganza, he fails to control his excessive desires,...
Depardieu plays Devereaux, a powerful, yet ultimately repulsive man. When he’s not handling billions of dollars, or getting heavily involved in French politics – where he’s tipped to become the next president – he’s lavishing in expensive hotel rooms, paying for a plethora of prostitutes to be the latest victims to his derogatory, unbridled sexual fervour. One morning, following an unrelenting sex extravaganza, he fails to control his excessive desires,...
- 8/5/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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