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Title: Fading Gigolo (2013)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| John Turturro | ... | Fioravante | |
| Woody Allen | ... | Murray | |
| Vanessa Paradis | ... | Avigal | |
| Liev Schreiber | ... | Dovi | |
| Sharon Stone | ... | Dr. Parker | |
| Sofía Vergara | ... | Selima | |
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Abe Altman | ... | First Rabbi |
| Michael Badalucco | ... | Burly Driver | |
| Bob Balaban | ... | Sol | |
| M'Barka Ben Taleb | ... | Mimou | |
| Teddy Bergman | ... | Yossi | |
| Max Casella | ... | Guy at Counter | |
| Loan Chabanol | ... | Loan | |
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Isaiah Clifton | ... | Cyrus |
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Jade Dixon | ... | Cee Cee |
Murray, the bankrupt owner of a bookstore, is forced to close his family business. His dermatologist, Dr. Parker, dreams of having a threesome and would pay a thousand dollars to have one with her friend Selima. Murray then proposes to his friend Fioravante that they start a male prostitution business, with Murray acting as the pimp. However, when Fioravante meets a Hasidic Jewish woman, Avigal, who is the widow of a rabbi, they fall in love with each other. But a Jewish neighborhood patrolman, Dovi, is in love with Avigal too, and might make life difficult for Fioravante and Murray. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
John Turturro proofed that he can handle a light comedy as an actor as well as a director. It is easy to see how he got Woody Allen to appear in his film because the story could be by Woody Allen himself and the figure Allen plays sounds as familiar as it can be. Even the Jewish neighborhood fits very well.
The movie starts out with no waste of time as a Woody Allen-style comedy without overdoing it. Allen coaxes Turturro, who works in a flower shop to become a hired lover for rich middle aged ladies. They share the money he gets and Allen spends it for the black! family he lives with. This partnership works out pretty fast and quite successful. But then the story does a sudden turn into deeper emotions when Allen connects him with the widow Avigal who is a devoted Jewess who after two years still mourns her dead husband...
Although many scenes begin as a comedy some end on a very touching note. John Turturro knows when it is best to let the audience guess what will come next. Although a bit of a fairy tale story he never completely leaves the bounds of reality, especially in the end of the film. I left the theater with a smile. (seen at the Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival)