Festival Late Fame Kyiv 2025-10-19 09:50:00

"Country: USA
Year: 2025
Language: English
Running time: 96 min.
Genre: Comedy, drama
Director: Kent Jones (Hitchcock/Truffaut)
Cast: Willem Dafoe (Nosferatu, Poor Things, Spider-Man)

— Official Selection, Venice International Film Festival, 2025
— Official Selection, New York Film Festival, 2025

Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet, works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. Intoxicated by the attention — and by the alluring presence of Gloria, the group’s “tragic heroine” — Saxberger gradually reckons with the authenticity of his newfound poetic circle.
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