The Brave (1997)

Directed by

Johnny Depp

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

16

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 205 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Native American man living in a rundown town agrees to be killed for money to provide for his family. Johnny Depp plays the man and also directed this film.

somberbleakslow-burnmelancholicgrittyatmosphericcontemplative

What happens

The Brave is a 1997 American independent neo-western film adapted from the Gregory McDonald novel of the same title. It was directed and co-written by Johnny Depp. The cast includes Depp and Marlon Brando. This film was Depp's directorial debut. He co-wrote the screenplay with his brother. The film was first shown at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival where it received negative reviews from the US alone, and received 2 nominations in general. The film was released in theaters and on DVD internationally, but not in the United States; Depp stated that he did not want to release it to a general public that had criticized it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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