Country: USA
Year: 2024
Duration: 103'
Vincent is an ex-criminal who more than anything, just wants a normal, peaceful life. He and his wife Sandy have built a loving family with their son DJ and are spending the winter break in a cabin before he goes off to college. Chaos ensues when Vincent’s disowned son Rocco, his girlfriend Marina and Vincent’s ex-wife Ruth abruptly show up to spoil the festivities with an ominous warning: the famed gangsters Leftie and Lonnie are coming for them.
Biography
film director
Dito Montiel
(New York, 1965) is an American author, screenwriter and director from Nicaraguan descent. Dito grew up in Queens, toured the country in a hardcore/punk band as a teenager and quickly turned to writing. In 2006, he adapted his best-selling book into a film, his directorial debut – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, starring Robert Downey and Channing Tatum. The film won the Sundance directing prize and Critic’s Award in Venice. Dito has since worked with a long list of acclaimed actors such as Robin Williams in Boulevard, Dwayne Johnson in Empire State and Shia LaBeouf in Man Down.
FILMOGRAFIA
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Guida per riconoscere i tuoi santi, 2006), Fighting (id., 2009), The Son of No One (2011), Empire State (2013), Boulevard (2014), Man Down (2015), The Clapper (2017), Riff Raff (2024).
Declaration
film director
“When I first read Riff Raff, I felt I’d stumbled on a Mamet play no one had seen. Big words, but I knew a film version could live up to them. Originally written by award winning playwright, John Pollono, a whole lotta work from there to here has it fully realized. A disaster of a violent, tragic, really funny (although this family may
not agree) and, at times, heart-breaking family. All centered around an onslaught of secrets and half-truths. As performance, character, family dysfunction and toxic masculinity have been at the root of all my work, this story felt like a chance to combine the raw fun and excitement of films with the unexpected and spontaneous violence of Goodfellas, No Country for Old Men and Reservoir Dogs with the filmic excitement of Blue Velvet and History of Violence all trapped in the uncomfortable humor of White Lotus in a family filled with Virginia Woolfe’s.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Dito Montiel. SCREENPLAY: John Pollono. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Xavier Grobet. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Kassandra DeAngelis. MUSIC: Adam Taylor. CAST: Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Lewis Pullman, Miles J. Harvey, Emanuela Postacchini, Michael Angelo Covino with Pete Davidson and Bill Murray. PRODUCTION: Noah Rothman, Sarah Gabriel, Marc Goldberg, Adam Paulsen.
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