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King of New York
Why this pick
Ferrara brings the same nocturnal New York grime, Catholic undertow and morally poisoned intensity, but through a crime saga centred on a recently freed kingpin.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1992 1h 31m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After dropping off his two young sons at Catholic school, an unnamed New York City Police Department police lieutenant (Harvey Keitel) takes a few bumps of cocaine and drives to the scene of a double murder in The Bronx. Wandering away, the Lieutenant finds a drug dealer and gives him a bag of drugs from a crime scene, smoking crack cocaine during the exchange; the dealer promises to give him the money he makes from selling the drugs in a few days. At an apartment, the Lieutenant gets drunk and engages in a threesome with two women. Meanwhile, a nun is raped inside a church by two young hoodlums.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Harvey Keitel
Lieutenant
Vincent Laresca
J.C.
Victor Argo
Beat Cop
Zoë Lund
Zoe
Robin Burrows
Ariane
Peggy Gormley
Lieutenant's Wife
Stella Keitel
Lieutenant's Daughter
Paul Hipp
Jesus