FADING GIGOLO is playing at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival next month, and is one of the few movies in which Woody Allen appears without contributing to the writing and directing. Those duties belong to John Turturro on this movie, in which he also stars.
According to the official blurb, Woody Allen plays as bookseller-turned-pimp to John Turturro’s middle-aged neophyte hustler, in this inspired left-field comedy. The premise is as inspired as it is absurd, and Turturro carries it off with his own affecting and surprisingly romantic vision of New York City.
Check out the TIFF trailer below, along with its AMERICAN BEAUTY inspired poster. FADING GIGOLO is awaiting a UK and US release date.
