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With Cry Macho, Clint Eastwood shakes the certainties of America's tired heroes

2021-08-06T14:21:14.470Z


Stetson, horses, dusty roads and promises of salvation are on the program of this film, where the actor-director mourns the world of cowboys.


Clint Eastwood's new feature

Cry Macho

is revealed in a trailer.

We discover a former rodeo star (Clint Eastwood) following in the footsteps of the son of one of his former bosses whom he must bring back from Mexico where he lives with his alcoholic mother.

Stetson, horses, dusty roads and promises of salvation are on the program.

All accompanied by a cover of the original soundtrack of

Mission,

that Ennio Morricone signed in 1986. The stage is set. Will Clint Eastwood find redemption in this new production of which he is both the director and the main actor? Response in French theaters on November 10. But the title, "Pleure macho", is already quite a program for the old cowboy of Sunset Boulevard who grits his teeth like never before. Especially when he says to his young sidekick: "

I'm going to tell you something: wanting to be a macho today is ridiculous".

The film, which wrapped up in New Mexico in December, marks Clint Eastwood's new collaboration with Warner Bros., following

The Richard Jewell Case

, released in February 2020. The filmmaker's latest film, taken from 'a true story, was interested in this former police officer, first celebrated as a hero for having found the backpack containing an explosive device in Atlanta during the Summer Olympics of 1996. The explosion had left two dead and more than a hundred injured. Even if his alert had made it possible to shelter hundreds of people, Richard Jewell was very quickly suspected. For

Cry Macho

, Clint Eastwood therefore drew his inspiration from a work of fiction.

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Now in his nineties, the filmmaker does not seem to have decided to put his camera down.

Born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, Clint Eastwood has more than fifty films to his credit.

The Oscar-winning star, who has seen almost one film a year for the past twenty years, is still not talking about retirement.

Among his greatest hits,

Impitoyable

,

Bird,

La Route de Madison

,

A Perfect World

,

Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby

,

Gran Torino

or more recently

La Mule

.

Source: lefigaro

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