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Actor/director Michael Imperioli in a picture taken on June 10, 2007. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

‘Sopranos’ actor Imperioli directs first film, benefit screening at museum

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Actor/director Michael Imperioli in a picture taken on June 10, 2007. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Actor/director Michael Imperioli in a picture taken on June 10, 2007. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

NEW YORK (AP) – Michael Imperioli, who played Tony Soprano’s nephew Christopher Moltisanti on the TV series The Sopranos, has taken on a new role: first-time film director.

His new movie, The Hungry Ghosts, premieres Sept. 15 in Manhattan.

The evening will be something of a cast reunion for actors from The Sopranos. Steve Schirripa and Sharon Angela star in Imperioli’s film, and Vince Curatola and Lorraine Bracco are expected to attend the screening. The hit HBO series ended in 2007.

Ticket sales for the screening at the Rubin Museum will benefit Tibetan refugees and elderly Buddhist monks led by the Dalai Lama.

Imperioli says Buddhism is an antidote to the torments of the movie’s characters, who float like ghosts through life, wrestling with drugs, alcohol and sex in search of something spiritual.

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