and our memories with it (tv)

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2014)

I'm always surprised to see that America boasts to be the biggest democracy in the world while it may be the most cancerous one in fact: the only one country in the world to have used atomic bombs against civilians, covert or armed operations to change governments (its own or the others as well), citizens surveillance, exploding poverty and incarceration, millionaires representatives and for sure, racial state less than an half-century ago! This movie is thus exceptional as it tells the truth a bit forgotten now that a few decades ago, America was just a second Apartheid: « Equal but separated » wasn't the motto of KKK but was indeed the law of this country ! Sure, KKK was the most visible racist but discrimination was endorsed by every one else : police, justice, white citizens In a way, this movie kicks where it hurts as i'm sure that this past threatens our amnesia ! To wake us, we have a great cop duo : for one time, the buddy team isn't called for fun but to be serious. It's cool to see Dafoe playing a good character for once and as an FBI agent, his uncompromising will for truth should lead him to the « X-files ». Hackman plays it more like Dale Cooper, friendly with the locals. Among them, Frances is just a extraordinary newcomer : she plays an abused wife, not very bright but lucid and ready to dream as well.