The Funeral
The Funeral is a 1996 American crime-drama film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro and Gretchen Mol.
Plot
The film begins with the funeral of one of the three Tempio brothers, a set of violent criminals. Mourning the passage of their beloved brother Johnny are Chez and Ray. Ray is cold and calculating, while Chez is hot tempered. Flashbacks show us that Johnny was more sensitive. Exposure to communist meetings as a spy sway Johnny's opinions. The chief suspect in Johnny's murder is rival gangster Gaspare Spoglia.
More details
| author | Nicholas St. John |
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| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Abel Ferrara |
| editor | Bill Pankow |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | abduct bleed meet mourn murder want |
| musicBy | Joe Delia |
| producer | Mary Kane |
| publisher | October Films |
| theme | independent |