Welcome To New York Trailer

Devereaux is well known by the people closest to him as an uninhibited playboy, using his wealth and his high status as a rich French politician to gain him access to a whole world of sexual adventures. Despite the fact that he has a loving wife, nothing stops him in his pursuit of pleasure, but such undisciplined behaviour is always likely to be dangerous. After one spontaneous encounter with a New York hotel maid, he finds himself suddenly accused by authorities of being a rapist. While everyone knows of his womanizing ways, no-one would've suspected such an occurence and Devereaux is left cowering and desperate, and feeling guilty that his lifestyle has led to such injustice. Will a man who has so many big ideas on rescuing the economy manage to hold his high for long enough to protest his innocence? Or has he managed to end his promising career?

'Welcome To New York' is a drama loosely based on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn court case in 2011. It has been directed by Abel Ferrara ('Bad Lieutenant', 'King of New York', 'The Funeral') who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois ('New Rose Hotel', 'The Blackout', 'Chelsea on the Rocks') and it is scheduled for UK release on August 8th 2014.