Cult favorite Abel Ferrara directed and co-wrote this story set in New York City in 1993, before Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s much-publicized crusade against street crime put a dent in semi-public drug dealing in the city. It’s a few days before Christmas, and a Latin American couple living on the city’s Upper East Side (Lillo Brancato Jr. and Drea de Matteo) are watching their daughter (Lisa Valens) perform in her school’s holiday pageant. Afterward, the couple drop the child off with a babysitter and set out to run some errands. They have two items on their agenda: get their daughter the doll she’s been asking for (a nearly impossible task, since the toy has become the must-have item of the season), then head to their work space uptown, where they prepare and package heroin for street distribution. While the wife has her qualms about the ethics of drug dealing, both she and her husband know there’s plenty of money to be made in heroin — more than most Hispanic immigrants could make working legitimate jobs in New York — and the business has been highly lucrative for them. The couple discovers one of their lower-level dealers may be talking to the police, but they soon have a bigger problem to deal with when the husband is lured to the Bronx by a fence who can get him the toy he’s been looking for. The husband finds he’s been lured into a trap, and a kidnapper (Ice-T) gives the wife less than a half hour to collect and pay a huge ransom, or her husband will be killed. As in Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant, the audience never learns the names of most of the major characters in ‘R Xmas; also like Bad Lieutenant (as well as King of New York and The New Rose Hotel), Ferrara invited pioneering gangster rapper Schooly-D to contribute to the film’s score., In this raw and gritty crime drama, a respectable wealthy couple lead a secret double life as heroin dealers—until the husband is kidnapped and their world comes crashing down.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “‘R Xmas ” ?
A: The main cast includes Drea de Matteo,Lillo Brancato,Ice-T,Victor Argo,Naomi Morales,Lisa Valens,Frank Cuervo,Nelson Vasquez,Denia Brache,Gloria Irizarry,Andrew Fiscella,Thomas Murray,Edwin Martinez,Janis Corsair,Anne Ackerman,John R. Tramatola III,Meredith Ostrom,Dan Sweeney,Andrew Lasky,Bersalde Vega,James R. Bliz,Raymond Ultarte,Luís Santos,Begona Plaza,Orran Farmer,Jamal Simmons,Oscar S. Tevez,Rosa Nino,Clarence Dorsey,Roman Rivera,Javier Nunez,Jay Dog,Anthony Ortiz,Benny Nieves,Victor Pagan,Yolanda Nieto,Louise Colon,Petra Quinones,Pepe Castillo,Antoine Pagan,Carlos León,Oro Sólido,Raul Acosta,Anthony Rodriquez,Jarol Ceralios,Juan De La Cruz,Jesus Martinez Jr.,Felix Taveras,Amilcar Torres,Idelfonso Gutierrez,Fabio Lovera,Ramel De La Cruz,Jose ‘Pepe’ Castillo,Barry Amato,Suzanne Pillsbury,Cassandra De Jesus,Denis Heraud,Frank De Curtis,Abel Ferrara,Jeff Pullman,Louis DiGiaimo,Bill Pankow,Patricia Bowers,Tony Trimarco,Richard Klug,Debra Tennenbaum,Stefano Celesti,Evelyne Noraz,Ken Kelsch.
Q: When Did the “‘R Xmas” Released?
A: The Movie “‘R Xmas” originally aired on and released in the year of 2001.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “‘R Xmas” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “‘R Xmas” ?
A: “‘R Xmas” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
