Face Addict

Name: Face Addict
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2005-11-15
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Walter Steding, Glenn O'Brien, John Lurie, Maripol, Debbie Harry

IMDb ID: tt0475265 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 7.5 (54 votes)

Genres: Documentary · Biography

Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between the late '70s and early '80s known as the downtown scene. From this scene emerged artists such as Jean-Michel ...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesGreece: Face Addict (Festival Title)
Italy: Face Addict
Poland: Twarz jako nałóg
Twarz jako nałógRelease Date2005-11-15Runtime102 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews3Critic Reviews4Countries / RegionsItaly
Switzerland
United StatesLanguagesEnglish
French
ItalianKeywordsdowntown scene
new york
artist
new york city
bohemianFilming LocationsNew York City, New York, USAProduction CompaniesDowntown Pictures
Amka Films Productions
Televisione Svizzera Italiana (TSI)IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475265/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0475265.jpgUpdated At2025-08-08T04:28:33

Directors

Edo Bertoglio

Writers

Edo Bertoglio
Gaia Guasti

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Walter Steding | Character: Actor
Actor: Glenn O'Brien | Character: Actor
Actor: John Lurie | Character: Actor
Actor: Maripol | Character: Actress
Actor: Debbie Harry | Character: Self
Actor: Wendy Whitelaw | Character: Actress
Actor: James Nares | Character: Actor
Actor: Victor Bockris | Character: Actor
Actor: Edo Bertoglio | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Edo Bertoglio | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Edo Bertoglio | Role: Writer
Name: Gaia Guasti | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Tina Boillat | Role: Producer
Name: Alberto Chollet | Role: Producer
Name: Alfonso Cucci | Role: Producer
Name: Maripol | Role: Producer
Name: Marco Müller | Role: Producer
Name: Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio | Role: Producer
Name: Luisella Realini | Role: Producer
Name: Tiziana Soudani | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Evan Lurie | Role: Composer
Name: John Lurie | Role: Composer
Name: Franco Piersanti | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Edo Bertoglio | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Vito Robbiani | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Gianfranco Rosi | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Adriano Schrade | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Gilles Dinnematin | Role: Editor
Name: Jacopo Quadri | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Andrea Crisanti | Role: Production Designer

[Sound Department]
Name: Adriano Schrade | Role: Sound Department
Name: Riccardo Studer | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Erminio Lauri | Role: Visual Effects

[Editorial Department]
Name: Simona Bonfiglio | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Natalie Cristiani | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Fabrizio Donati | Role: Editorial Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Lorenzo Buccella | Role: Script and Continuity Department
Name: Linda Yablonsky | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Thanks]
Name: Michaela Deiss | Role: Thanks
Name: Sandro Kessel | Role: Thanks

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475265/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Switzerland: August 5, 2005 (Locarno Film Festival)
Italy: November 15, 2005
Greece: November 19, 2005 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
France: November 27, 2005 (Belfort Entrevues Film Festival)
Sweden: January 28, 2006 (Göteborg Film Festival)
Poland: October 6, 2006 (Warsaw Film Festival)
United Kingdom: August 22, 2008
United States: October 30, 2008 (Gotham Screen)

Awards

Nominee | 2005 | Locarno Film Festival | Golden Leopard | Edo Bertoglio, Face Addict

Box Office