Filth and Wisdom

Drama 

Madonna’s directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, is a hilariously sexy tale of three flatmates in London who delve into naughty behaviour in pursuit of their dreams.   

Echoing Hütz’s own background as the front man of gypsy punk outfit Gogol Bordello, Filth and Wisdom centres around Ukrainian immigrant, AK. While AK’s dreams are filled with rock stardom, his reality is moonlighting as a cross-dressing dominatrix for straight married men. AK lives with two younger girls. Holly is a trained ballerina who longs to dance with the Royal Ballet but in the meantime earns her living as a stripper and pole-dancer at a local club. Juliette is a pharmacy assistant who dreams of going to Africa to help starving children. 

Filth and Wisdom is a delicious blend of comedy, drama music and romance. Arguably based on some of Madonna’s own experiences, the three distinctive characters show that the paths of wisdom and filth eventually arrive at the same enlightened place. 

"Madonna has done herself proud" – The Times Online
Starring Eugene Hütz, Holly Weston, Vicky McClure and Richard E. Grant 

Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2008
Official Selection Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival 2009 

Director Madonna
USA, 2008, 81mins