Late Fame

Forgotten New York poet Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe – The Phoenician Scheme, The Lighthouse) works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is welcomed into a coterie of twentysomething creatives who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. 

Intoxicated by the attention – and by the alluring presence of singer and actress Gloria, the group's "tragic heroine" (Greta Lee – Past Lives, The Morning Show) – Saxberger gradually reckons with the authenticity of his newfound poetic circle. 

Based on a 19th century novella by Arthur Schnitzler, Kent Jones' deeply pleasurable slice-of-life drama takes a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.