Willem Dafoe Confronts Lingerie Robber in ‘Pet Shop Days,’ First Look at Venice Debut From Olmo Schnabel (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMatt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Sex, crime and fish tanks converge in the officially titled “Pet Shop Days,” Olmo Schnabel’s directorial debut which will play in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
Variety has an exclusive first look at the project starring Jack Irv, Dario Yazbek Bernal and Willem Dafoe. Schnabel, son of Oscar nominated director Julian Schnabel, tells the story of two young men falling down a rabbit hole of rebellious desire – one running from a traumatic incident and a bitter authoritarian father, the other a privileged drifter in search of himself.
Irv and Bernal take the leads, hustling their way through a punishing city. Dafoe, Peter Sarsgaard and Emmanuelle Seigner are just a few of the hapless adults caught in their web. “This is the perfect New York story in that anything can happen,” Schnabel said. “That’s how it was growing up.
You meet a complete stranger, you’re enamored or infatuated with them, and then two weeks later you realize they’re completely different.” Schnabel co-write the script with Irv and Galen Core.
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