Starring: Willem Dafoe, Ninetto Davoli, Riccardo Scamarcio

Abel Ferrara documents the final day in the life of Italian writer, director and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini in this deeply reflective biopic starring Willem Dafoe.

The year is 1975. The fiercely political Pasolini (Dafoe) is in the process of defending his latest film Salo, 120 Days of Sodom from the censors when he returns home to his mother’s house in Rome and prepares to discuss his career in a candid interview. In the midst of all of this inspiration strikes, and Pasolini begins making preparations for his next film. Meanwhile, the director takes a handsome young hustler to a local beach for a late night tryst, never sensing the danger that dwells out there in the darkness until it’s already too late.