If you dig a bit you find this is a semi-autobiographical film of the writer-director's life. In fact the young wife and young daughter are actually his real life wife and daughter.
I really looked forward to seeing this as it has Willem Dafoe in the title role as Tommaso. And he in fact does justice to the role. The problem is the movie in total is not that interesting. It contains lots of stilted language and long monologues but basically is a story of a man, an actor and writer, living in Rome and working to overcome his addictions and balance life with a much younger wife that seems to be losing interest in him.
I suspect this is the kind of movie that film students and critics love but most viewers of mainstream movies will not warm up to.
I managed to find it on the Kanopy streaming movies site via my public library's subscription.
I really looked forward to seeing this as it has Willem Dafoe in the title role as Tommaso. And he in fact does justice to the role. The problem is the movie in total is not that interesting. It contains lots of stilted language and long monologues but basically is a story of a man, an actor and writer, living in Rome and working to overcome his addictions and balance life with a much younger wife that seems to be losing interest in him.
I suspect this is the kind of movie that film students and critics love but most viewers of mainstream movies will not warm up to.
I managed to find it on the Kanopy streaming movies site via my public library's subscription.