Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant (1992) is the title of a film crime drama directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Harvey Keitel as the titular "bad lieutenant". The screenplay was written by actress-model Zoë Tamerlis under the name "Zoë Lund." Tamerlis also played a small role in the film. Tamerlis had been discovered by Ferrara and had starred in his earlier film, Ms. 45.

Related Topics:
Crime - Drama - Abel Ferrara - Harvey Keitel - Zoë Tamerlis - Ms. 45

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We first see Keitel's nameless character advising his two sons on how to answer back to their mother, which serves as a foreshadowing of his behavior through the rest of the film, in which he takes a twisted delight in humiliating women, most notoriously in the scene where he stops a couple of underage girls without a driving license and demands sexual favours in exchange for letting them off.

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The "Bad Lieutenant" also is a drug-using gambler who finds himself plunged into debt when the New York Mets lose the World Series. The turning point in the film arrives when he investigates the rape of a Nun and uses this as a chance to confront his inner demons and perhaps achieve redemption.

Related Topics:
New York Mets - World Series - Rape - Nun

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