What is The Funeral?
Topic: Film "The Funeral" (1996). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1996
- Release date
- Jan 26, 1996
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.8/10
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Title: The Funeral
Year: 1996
Genre: Crime and Drama (American crime drama film)
Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Nicholas St. John
Cast: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro, Gretchen Mol.
Synopsis: After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge. The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters.
Runtime: 1h 39m
Release Date: 08/28/1996 (US)
Rating: R
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“A bereaved criminal family seeks bloody revenge following the funeral of one of their own.”
- Features a notable cast including Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro, and Gretchen Mol.
- Directed by Abel Ferrara from a screenplay by Nicholas St. John.
- Explores an emotionally unnerving journey of crime, drama, and retaliation.
- Viewers seeking lighthearted entertainment may find the subject matter of murder, lies, and bloody revenge too grim.
Watch it if you enjoy 1990s crime dramas featuring an ensemble cast and dark family conflicts.
The film carries an R rating and features a crime and drama heavy tone with an emotionally unnerving narrative across its runtime of one hour and thirty-nine minutes.
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It features a notable cast including Christopher Walken and Benicio del Toro in a crime drama directed by Abel Ferrara.
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The film has a runtime of one hour and thirty-nine minutes.
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