An Oscar-winning actor for his role as a killer in a film by the Coen brothers: here is the film that you absolutely must not miss on television this Monday, May 22.
In 2007, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen broke away from their usual comedies to offer a thriller against an explosive western background. Adapting the novel by Cormac McCarthy, No country for Old Men won a real worldwide success, and quickly became a cult film by the brothers directors. The audience discovers the dark intrigue which features Sheriff Bell, a hopeless man who finds himself investigating several violent crimes after a hunter steals two million dollars discovered inside an abandoned vehicle. surrounded by corpses.
Carried by the interpretations of Josh Brolin or Tommy Lee Jones, No country for Old Men however, was unanimous thanks to the presence in the casting of Javier Bardem. The Spanish actor embodies a terrifying movie villain, the killer Anton Chigurh, who alone symbolizes the escalation of gratuitous violence witnessed by the public in the film. For this role, Javier Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2008.
Before delivering this masterful and chilling performance in No Country for Old MenJavier Bardem had rejected the role, Toclaiming that he could not drive, that he spoke poor English and that he “hated violence”. But the Coens insist, explaining their intuition, and the rest is history of cinema. No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen is to be seen on television this Monday, May 22, 2023, at 9:10 p.m. on France 3.