The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, 2021o
Originally from Montana, brothers Phil and George Burbank are diametrically opposed. As refined, brilliant and cruel as Phil is - George is phlegmatic, meticulous and benevolent. Between them, they run the biggest ranch in the valley, a region, far from the galloping modernity of the 20th century, where men still assume their virility and where the figure of Bronco Henry, the greatest cowboy Phil has ever met, is venerated. When George secretly marries Rose, a young widow, Phil, drunk with anger, sets out to destroy her. He then seeks to get to Rose by using her son Peter, a sensitive and effeminate boy, as a pawn in his strategy.
Jane Campion se frotte à l'Ouest américain et à la masculinité toxique dans un western somptueux et vénéneux habité par Benedict Cumberbatch.
Jean-François PluijgersLes habitudes machistes ont la peau dure dans cette adaptation par Jane Campion d’un récit chargé de tension psychosexuelle, qui se passe dans les derniers temps de l’Ouest américain.
Elena LazicGalleryo
