| Zeros and Ones | |
| Director: | Abel Ferrara |
| Producer: | Diana Phillips Philipp Kreuzer |
| Starring: | Ethan Hawke |
| Music: | Joe Delia |
| Cinematography: | Sean Price Williams |
| Distributor: | Lionsgate[1] |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes[2] |
| Language: | English |
Zeros and Ones is a 2021 American-Italian thriller film written and directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Ethan Hawke.
It premiered at the 74th Locarno Film Festival in August 2021, and was released in limited theaters, on demand, and digital platforms on November 19, 2021.
According to The New York Times, the film is about "an American soldier-for-hire (Ethan Hawke) attempting to foil a plot to blow up the Vatican in a locked-down Rome."[3]
In November 2020, it was announced that Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac, and Phil Nelson had joined the cast, with Abel Ferrara directing from his screenplay.[4] [5] [6]
Principal photography began in November 2020 in Italy.[5] [6]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 54% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The website's consensus reads, "Zeros and Ones is poorly lit and beset by narrative chaos, but Ethan Hawke's passionate performance is a solid fit for Abel Ferrara's intriguingly idiosyncratic storytelling."[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[8]