Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo is John Turturro's 5th movie as a director. His intention, as he pointed out in an interview last year, was to "draw parallels" between commercial sex and acting - both are services that can be bought when one wants to live out fantasies. A Jewish neighbourhood in New York, where the story is set, can only enhance the repression that leads to loneliness, which is what the movie is all about.

Murray (Woody Allen) is just learning to come to terms with the impending fate of his bookshop that specialises in rare books. His younger friend, Fioravante (John Turturro), ....