FERRARI
Genre
Sport
Running time
130 minutes
Year
2023
Language
English
Country
United States of America (USA)
Director
Michael Mann
Bio
Producer
Michael Mann, Lars Sylvest, Gareth West, Laura Rister, Thorsten Schumacher, Andrea Iervolino, John Friedberg, Monika Bacardi, Noah Fogelson
Cast
Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O'connell, Patrick Dempsey
Scriptwriter
Troy Kennedy Martin
The year is 1957. After an impossibly glamorous youth as a star racing driver, Formula One hero Enzo Ferrari (a stonily ruthless Adam Driver) is now the grey-haired head of the family company. The car company makes bespoke vehicles for kings and princes, run a premium racing team – and is rapidly losing money. Enzo, torn between his embittered wife (Penelope Cruz) and his mistress of 12 years (Shailene Woodley) is fixated on winning a major race which, he hopes, will rescue Ferrari’s fortunes. Nothing – not even the body count of dead drivers bringing shame to the sport - can get in his way. Directed by cinema’s enduring master of classy action, Ferrari is a white-knuckle race to the finishing line.
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