Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #57. The Road

Genre: Drama/Drame

Annee/Year: 2009

Format: Blu Ray

The Road. This is one of the darkest movies i have seen lately including many horror flicks. I hesitate to list it as horror though as it is a story about the world as lived in realistic conditions after a non specific "end of the world scenario". The road relates the traveling of a father and son pair trekking through the US to get to the sea where life should be better. They face starvation, disease and cannibals as well as the temptation to end this hell as they travel. The father keeps the light as he tells his son which he considers as the last treasure still found in this world. A very touching and disturbing movie. Lots of promise for this young director John Hillcoat. great acting by Vitto Mortensen and a noticed cameo by Robert Duval as bonus. Not a movie for everyone. But if you want a movie to make you think of the luxury we live in and what we take for granted in this life this is it.

The road est un film très noir et sérieux qui nous fait vivre la vie après une catastrophe globale non spécifiée dans le film. Si vous voulez réfléchir aux multiples choses que l'on prend pour acquis dans notre vie moderne; c'est à voir. Mais attention c'est un film difficile et très noir encore une fois. Définitivement pas pour tous. Fabuleux apport de Vitto Mortensen et beaucoup de potentiel pour le jeune réalisateur John Hillcoat.

Great quotes:

The Man: Listen, we have to talk. That man back there... There's not many good guys left, that's all. We have to watch out for the bad guys. We have to just... keep carrying the fire.
The Boy: What fire?
The Man: The fire inside you.
The Boy: Are we still the good guys?
The Man: Yes, we're still the good guys. Of course we are.
The Boy: And we always will be? No matter what happens?
The Man: Always will.

The Man: I told the boy when you dream about bad things happening, it means you're still fighting and you're still alive. It's when you start to dream about good things that you should start to worry.

Link: http://www.theroad-movie.com/

Rating perso: 7.0/10