British distributors Altitude Film Distribution have released the first official trailer for American director Abel Ferrara's (
King of New York,
Ms. 45) latest film
Welcome to New York (2014), starring Gérard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset, Drena De Niro, Natasha Romanova, and Paul Calderon. The film is set to open in theaters across the United Kingdom on August 8th.
Spirit Entertainment are planning to bring the film to Blu-ray on September 29th.
In the United States, IFC Films are in charge with the film's distribution. A theatrical release has not yet been announced.
May 2011: A man is arrested for sexually assaulting a hotel chambermaid... Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations cannot, it seems, control his own sexual appetite. The events that followed laid bare his failures and ultimately led to his dismissal from public office.
Welcome To New York: Directed by Abel Ferrara, legendary actor Gerard Depardieu plays Devereaux: a man consumed by his own ego, arrogance and believing nothing is out of his reach be it political power or the objects of his lust.
This film was inspired by a court case, the public stages of which have been filmed, broadcast, reported and commented on throughout the media worldwide.
Nonetheless, the characters portrayed in the film and all sequences depicting their private lives remain entirely fictional, no one being able to claim the ability to recreate the complex truth of the lives of the protagonists and witnesses in this case, about which everyone has his or her own point-of-view.
Note: Please be aware that the trailer included with this announcement is not safe to view at work.