Venice 79 marks a rebirth Brendan Fraser who, after many years of absence from the big screen due to personal problems, is an imposing and attractive hero WHALENew film Darren Aronofsky in competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

The greeting the fans gave him on the day of the film’s presentation at the Lido was touching. actor de Mommy or George King of the Jungle, an icon of the 90s, he signed many autographs and took as many selfies with a gentle and sincere smile. He felt such warmth and solidarity for himself that he could not hold back his tears when a standing ovation was heard in the Great Hall at the end of the official screening of the film. A real and contagious emotion.

In Italian cinemas from October 6th with I Wonder Pictures. WHALE written Samuel D. Hunter and tells the story of Charlie, a creative writing professor who teaches online courses with his camera off to keep his students out of his sight. Severely obese due to a tragic event that turned his life upside down, he lives alone. The only people in his life are the guy who delivers pizza from time to time and his girlfriend and nurse, Liz, who takes care of him on a daily basis.

But one day his teenage daughter comes to Charlie, a difficult and cynical girl who broke off all relations with him for many years and seems to hate him with all her heart. Can these two mend their father-daughter relationship before it’s too late?

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In fact, Charlie has severe congestive heart failure and is not going to live, but he surprises with his positivity in the abyss of self-destruction. As if he had peacefully come to terms with the fact that he would leave the earth after deep love, loneliness and dissatisfaction.

The intense pain he experienced caused him to devour food and permanently distort his appearance; difficult to fix and return. But Charlie doesn’t really want to, he just needs to be a loved and respected father again, which is next to impossible with his daughter, who plays Sadie Sinkseries star very strange things.

Charlie is convinced that “people are beautiful because, after all, it is physiologically impossible for them not to have a heart,” even when his daughter writes and says bad things about him and the world, constantly showing herself in the grip of anger and resentment. The script leaves a lot of room for the theme of faith and religion, which Aronofsky seems to use both as a tool of provocation and inspiration, eliciting different reactions from viewers depending on the collective thought.

Aronofsky is a chamber drama that, although it takes place within four walls, works thanks to a brilliant and captivating script. Director mother, black swan As well as Wrestler he does not overload the film with allegories, special effects or special stylistic exercises, but aims at the emotional essence; he prefers more intimate stylistic language that explores the protagonist’s fragility, anger, struggle, and surrender. Sense of vision WHALE must be overwhelmed by a whirlwind of conflicting emotions, he seems to be having a panic attack, characterized by a pleasant masochism.

The pace is good and Fraser’s interpretation is engaging and exciting. Even if the ending is a real punch in the gut, it can’t be left untouched by the crescendo of evocative music, powerful imagery, and the perfect narrative conclusion to a story lived on screen from start to finish.