André is an Idiot
Director(s): Tony Benna
Film description: André, a brilliant idiot, is dying because he didn't get a colonoscopy. His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.
Screening after: Crusty Old Bastard
ERIC SAYS What would you do if you were a wildly creative person with a dark sense of humor who found out they were dying from something preventable because they didn’t get a routine check-up? Further, what would you do if, after that news sunk in, you realized you’d spent decades funneling your precious creative energies into a career in the advertising industry? If you’re André Ricciardi, the answer is: star in this wildly creative, deeply personal, comedic-and-devastating documentary so that others don’t have to.
Boasting a vibrant original score by Baltimorean Dan Deacon and distributed by A24, André Is an Idiot offers the viewer something exceedingly rare and profound in the world of film (or any artistic medium): the opportunity to expand, and perhaps even transform, their perspective on life and death. (Eric Allen Hatch)
Producer(s): André Ricciardi, Tory Tunnell, Stelio Kitrilakis, Joshua Altman, Ben Cotner
Editor(s): Tony Benna, Parker Laramie
Cinematographer(s): Ethan Indorf
Country of origin: USA
Language: English
Year: 2025
Duration: 88 min
Premiere status: Maryland Premiere
