Magnificent film, the best that has been set in prehistoric times.
The French Annaud directs with mastery and good narrative pulse this distant epic rolling in wonderful natural locations of Scotland, Kenya and Canada that only increase the realism of the staging, which really makes us move to that mysterious and hard time.
It is very remarkable how the French makes the images speak for themselves, because the protagonists do not articulate any understandable word for the viewer, making the film pure visual poetry, something much more difficult than it may appear.
The three actors really do it very well, highlighting the protagonist of the story, Everett McGill, with a great job in their gestures and noises, and a Ron Perlman to whom to deceive us, his peculiar physiognomy makes the role come to the little finger Nicholas Kadi is perhaps one step below the previous two but does not detract at all. Special mention for actress Rae Dawn Chong, her gestures, screams and tender facial expressions make her an adorable character and the most "human" of the whole film.
Great work both acting and technical, with excellent and award-winning makeup and an exquisite and very successful photography.
The film does not notice to show with crudeness the habits of the people of those times, how they lived, their sexual impulses, cannibalism, the violence of, the confrontations, and as little by little they are clashing societies more advanced than others and they are being destroyed or mixing, in short, an era where civilization began to take shape, with all that that entails.
Really fascinating by the way, to see prehistoric creatures such as saber teeth or mammoths, in a mythical scene and very well done.
One of my favorite adventure films and one of the best movies in history that I highly recommend.
Thank you.
The French Annaud directs with mastery and good narrative pulse this distant epic rolling in wonderful natural locations of Scotland, Kenya and Canada that only increase the realism of the staging, which really makes us move to that mysterious and hard time.
It is very remarkable how the French makes the images speak for themselves, because the protagonists do not articulate any understandable word for the viewer, making the film pure visual poetry, something much more difficult than it may appear.
The three actors really do it very well, highlighting the protagonist of the story, Everett McGill, with a great job in their gestures and noises, and a Ron Perlman to whom to deceive us, his peculiar physiognomy makes the role come to the little finger Nicholas Kadi is perhaps one step below the previous two but does not detract at all. Special mention for actress Rae Dawn Chong, her gestures, screams and tender facial expressions make her an adorable character and the most "human" of the whole film.
Great work both acting and technical, with excellent and award-winning makeup and an exquisite and very successful photography.
The film does not notice to show with crudeness the habits of the people of those times, how they lived, their sexual impulses, cannibalism, the violence of, the confrontations, and as little by little they are clashing societies more advanced than others and they are being destroyed or mixing, in short, an era where civilization began to take shape, with all that that entails.
Really fascinating by the way, to see prehistoric creatures such as saber teeth or mammoths, in a mythical scene and very well done.
One of my favorite adventure films and one of the best movies in history that I highly recommend.
Thank you.
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