A look back at the career of Christian Bale as he celebrates his 50th birthday

But if we had to choose only one film with Christian Bale, which one would it be? Let’s remember this genre where it is perfect: the western! In “3h10 to Yuma” (inspired by the story of the great Elmore Leonard, one of the American authors most adapted to cinema), it is perfect. But in “Hostiles” of Scott Cooper (one of his favorite directors), he is even more than perfect. He plays a captain in the American army who, in 1892, must escort a dying Indian chief to his native land. This film tells the birth of this America extremely well, between rivalries, jealousies, violence, racism, its fear of others, of the unknown… all with a certain hope, a beautiful solidarity and changing minds!