Without a doubt, the presence of the charismatic Kevin Costner and Diane Lane They are enough of an attraction to see the movie One of us. But there is more, the film contains a successful mix of melodrama, western and thriller that thickens with the passing of the minutes to create an emotional and exciting experience in equal parts.
Thomas Bezucha is directing and writing the script.who after several insipid comedies, surprised in 2020 with this film handling with excellent hand the formal elements of the western and the creation of tension sequences. The film lands on RTVE Play for a limited time and so that you don’t miss any details about it, we will tell you some curious facts that maybe you didn’t know her.
Curiosities of the movie One of us: from plot to curiosities
SYNOPSIS
A marriage formed by the Retired Sheriff George Blackledge (Kevin Costner) and his wife Margaret (Diane Lane) They lost their son some time ago. When her ex-daughter-in-law remarries, she disappears overnight and with her, her grandson Jimmy.. They both decide to leave their ranch in Montana to embark on a long journey in which they follow the trail of their ex-daughter-in-law and her violent husband to a distant town in North Dakota, where they become outsiders. There, the matriarch of the new Weboy in-laws, named Blanche (Lesley Manville)imposes a violent and possessive control and will do everything possible to prevent the child from returning to his grandparents.
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CURIOSITIES
- Larry Watson’s original book is titled let him go, which in Spanish would be translated as ‘Let it go’. Although the film opted for a different title that alludes to the concept of “being one of the family”, the plot revolves precisely around the fact of letting the grandson go with his grandparents or not.
- The drama is handled by a dazzling and beautiful Diane Lane, through a character full of nuances, perfect to display all his acting talent. Along with her, Lesley Manville stands out, with whom he maintains an interpretive duel throughout the entire feature film, making constantly referring to Johnny Guitar (1954), by Nicholas Ray, since it is a western of strong and antagonistic women.
- Motherhood, from different points of view: the director explores motherhood, but not from the most classic part of that good and protective mother, but from obsessive and unhealthy motherhood to selfish and unsympathetic motherhood, including motherhood paralyzed by fear, through the character of the daughter-in-law.
- Abuse, physical and psychological: This transcendental topic is also discussed from two points of view. On the one hand, the more physical violence of the daughter-in-law’s new husband and, on the other, the psychological violence that the matriarch exercises on the entire family.
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