ZEROS AND ONES is a film of lockdown and war, danger and espionage, American soldiers, Chinese middlemen, Middle-Eastern holy men, provocateurs, diplomats, rogue elements of the KGB, and the Mossad, informants, killers, and rebels. Male or female interchangeable, allegiance and history fluid, where data and information last known, is the most valuable and only commodity. A casbah-esque landscape of noir streets, the feeling of Paris at the end of the occupation, but set in today’s postmodern, ancient and unchangeable Rome – the nights deserted except for the shadowy military and their operatives, paranoia and fear both masked and dangerous – all awaiting imminent attack. Piazza Vittorio, ground zero for our film. J. Jericho is its hero. An American soldier armed with a video camera, service revolver, and a surgical mask, he is of rank and privilege and deep within the inner circle of elite fellow officers who are the law among the lawless, their contacts, and their informers. The central event is the destruction of the Vatican which will be blown into the night sky – the truth of this, and the fake news surrounding exactly who is responsible and why is only part of the story. More important is JJ’s own brother – the radical, the wanted revolutionary, the martyr, savior, and public enemy accused of pushing our world towards a final confrontation, one that will force all the players to finally choose a side, then take a stand.
Zeros and Ones
Abel Ferrara
Born in 1951 in New York/USA. Graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase. Active as director and producer.
1979 THE DRILLER KILLER, Spielfilm
1981 MS.45, Spielfilm
1987 CHINA GIRL, Spielfilm
1990 KING OF NEW YORK, Spielfilm
1992 BAD LIEUTENANT, Spielfilm
1996 THE FUNERA, Spielfilm
1998 NEW ROSE HOTEL, Spielfilm
2005 MARY, Spielfilm
2014 WELCOME TO NEW YORK, Spielfilm
2019 THE PROJECTIONIST, Dokumentarfilm HOF 2019
TOMMASO, Spielfilm
2020 SIBERIA, Spielfilm
2021 ZEROS AND ONES, Spielfilm HOF 2021