A sex worker, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu.
Direction
Figgis shoots himself in the foot with split-screen chaos.
Acting
Saffron Burrows commits to nonsense like her rent depends on it.
Director
Mike Figgis
Max Beesley
Antonio
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Very Important Doctor
Brian Bovell
Cardinal
Saffron Burrows
Duchess of Malfi
Elisabetta Cavallotti
Abducted Hotel Guest
Valentina Cervi
Hotel Maid
George DiCenzo
Boris
Andrea Di Stefano
Assassin
Nicola Farron
Hotel Guest
Christopher Fulford
Steve Hawk
Valeria Golino
Italian Actress
Jeremy Hardy
Flamenco Troupe Administrator
Salma Hayek Pinault
Charlee Boux
Danny Huston
Hotel Manager
Rhys Ifans
Trent Stoken
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the actual Venice Film Festival, with real paparazzi and critics roped into the meta-narrative. Figgis essentially held the festival hostage.
The infamous hotel orgy scene was allegedly improvised after the cast got genuinely drunk on Venetian wine. You can tell.
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