GRAN Clint Eastwood

Rating: 9/10 (14 April 2009)

In this movie, considered as his last tribute to cinematography, Clint Eastwwod leaves a very precious gift, by delivering an over the top performance: this 80-year old man truly dominates the scene, physically and morally, he makes think, laugh, cry, he is simply GREAT.
He chooses a delicate theme, racial conflicts, but involving many others: violence, justice, revenge, all focused around an old man, who lives on remembrance, cannot accept the sense of uselessness brought about by ageing, a man who has made rage the reason of his going on, but whose inner moral force will turn him into an example of wisdom and integrity.
The real conflict is not that between white people and Asiatic people, but that between real human beings, and human rubbish, which has no colour, nor racial identity (even the white appear in a quite bad light).
When closing credits appear, and you feel so deeply emotionally engaged, you can't but thank that genius who was able to concentrate such depth and richness in two hours: that's a MAN, an ACTOR and a DIRECTOR. We can just learn from him and hope he will deliver other precious gifts.