Tonight (at 9 pm, Iris) “Il Cacciatore”, a film by Michael Cimino with Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep, is on the air. The protagonist Mike (De Niro), a worker at a steel mill in Clairton, Pennsylvania, who shares a passion for hunting with his friends Nick (Walken) and Steven (John Savage). The three enlisted to participate in the Vietnam War. During the conflict they are taken prisoner by the Vietcong who torture them and subject them to the infamous Russian roulette. They manage to escape, but their lives are forever marked. Steven ends up in the hospital in a wheelchair and discovers that his wife has had a child with another man. Nick deserted, stayed in Saigon where he participated in clandestine betting and challenged his rivals in Russian roulette. The only one to start a normal life again Mike who romantically approaches Linda (Meryl Streep), Nick’s ex-betrothed. But the wounds are deep. Mike doesn’t show up at his friends’ party for him and when he goes hunting he can’t kill the deer anymore. He decides to return to Saigon to bring Nick home. Eventually he manages to find him and agrees to challenge him to Russian roulette. “Il Cacciatore”, a milestone work of cinema that tells the drama of a generation destroyed by war. Film full of allegorical and unforgettable images, while dedicating only a few minutes to the narrow story of the conflict, it manages to return the terrible anguish that haunts those who survived. It gets critical acclaim and also a good box office result. Costing $ 15 million, it collects 50 and soon becomes a cult. In 1979 he received 9 nominations and 5 Oscars: Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken), Best Editing and Best Sound. Waiting for the broadcast, here’s what happened to the protagonists
November 7, 2021 | 08:18
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