Filth and Wisdom

Madonna has taken a stab at directing. I just discovered her debut film, "Filth and Wisdom", which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on February 13, 2008 to reviews of praise. A comedy about the people who fall between "the good" and "the bad", stars Eugene Hutz, who plays a Ukrainian gypsy pursuing rock stardom while spanking men for a living.
He is our narrator who connects the unlikely characters of this film, Holly the ballet dancer who strips for a gentleman's club, and Juliette, who works at a pharmacy and steals medication for her charitable aspirations.

Apparently Madonna flexed her writing mucles and earned a co-credit for the script, which contains a lot of playful narration from our gypsy lead who articulates, “Without filth there cannot be wisdom,” while pulling at his in-your-face stache.“They are two sides of the same coin.”

It looks like it is well worth the gander.



Here's a clip from an interview with Madonna and a few moments from the film.