When word first got out that John Turturro recruited Woody Allen to star alongside him in a movie about a pimp and his male prostitute, it was hard not to grin at the idea. In the film, Woody Allen convinces his cash strapped florist friend Turturro, who also directs, to start whoring himself out to lonely women who Allen happens to find. The two form their pimp and hoe relationship while making some nice pocket cash off of ladies like Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara, neither of which would be your first choice for ladies you’d think would ever pay for sex.
The first trailer for Fading Gigolo has just hit the net thanks to TIFF where the film will be premiering later this year. The trailer shows the lighthearted, comical sweet side of the story but expect a conflict to show up at some point, probably one involving Turturro’s character falling in love, but who cares. For now, embrace the joy of seeing Allen and Turturro as a pimp and a prostitute.
Woody Allen plays as bookseller-turned-pimp to John Turturro’s middle-aged neophyte hustler, in actor-writer-director Turturro’s 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.
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