Fresh
[The] deliberate structure demonstrates Ferrara's artfulness, as does the lush imagery.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Overview
Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.
Director and cast
- Abel Ferrara Director
- Gérard Depardieu as Devereaux
- Jacqueline Bisset as Simone
- Drena De Niro as Entourage Member
- Shanyn Leigh as Female Journalist
- Marie Mouté as Sophie Devereaux
- Charlotte Silvera as French Female Journalist
- Ronald Guttman as Roullot
- Elizabeth Kemp as Florence
- Anna Lakomy as Anna
- Samantha Opitz Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film, a sleek and oddly moving study in the cost of debauchery, has its gleeful excesses.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
This frank, unruly look at sex, privilege and power unfolds so much like real life that it proves an intriguing and strangely immersive experience.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
In an Abel Ferrara movie, this sort of damaged, raging, unrepentant bull passes for an antihero.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
The movie packs a singular, agonized vision that seems entirely the director's own.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
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