Tommaso (2020)

This story basically comes direct from the life of its real life director, Abel Ferrara.  If that name rings a bell, you're probably a fan of the gritty New York City based crime dramas he directed over the years like King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and New Rose Hotel (1998).  Abel turns his powerful lens back onto his own life a little bit in this one and casts his long time collaborator and star of plenty of his movies Willem Dafoe.  Willem plays an American film director living in Rome with his much younger wife and 3 year old daughter... Oddly enough, both are played by Ferrara's REAL LIFE wife and daughter to boot.  So there is no way this story of redemption and self-reflection as the aging American director struggles with past sobriety issues coming back up, anger and jealousy about his young wife and her friends, and bouts of downright violent outbursts that are peppered throughout the story.  We guess if you're going to cast anyone to play you in a semi-autobiographical story of your own life, directed by you, you might as well get one of the best and you could do a HELL of a lot worse than the legendary Willem Dafoe.  Ferrara definitely doesn't shy away from the sexy in any of his movies, regularly getting actors like Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, and Willem to show off some skin.  Well we don't get the full monty from Dafoe, he is still definitely "Da-Friend" of the sexy as he shows off his bulge and some shirtless good times while doing some yoga!