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148 min | USA | 35 mm
main programme
credits
PROD: Butchers Run Films, Rob Carliner
SALES: Good Machine
SCENARIO: Robert Duvall
CAMERA: Barry Markowitz
EDITOR: Steve Mack
ARTDIR: Linda Burton
MUSIC: David Mansfield
CAST: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson, Todd Allen, John Beasley, June Carter Cash, Walter Goggins
screenings
28 thursday 22:15 Venster 3
04 thursday 11:30 Luxor
06 saturday 12:00 Path� 1
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Robert Duvall, best known for countless impressive and complex character roles, is said to have spent thirteen years realising his third film, The Apostle. In this film, which he financed and wrote himself, he also plays the lead, which yielded him an Oscar nomination. The Apostle is a sharply observed and detailed portrait of a man who wants to be bigger than life, but who comes a cropper on the limitations of his human weaknesses. This Sonny, a popular and colourful preacher for a Pentecostal church, beats his wife's lover's brains in with a baseball bat in a fit of jealous rage. He flees his community and has to leave behind everything he loves: his family, his congregation and his reputation. He turns up in a remote and largely black town where he calls himself E.F. alias the Apostle. Driven by guilt and sorrow, he tries to set up a small church in his new village. Duvall strives for a form of realism and authenticity reminiscent of the work of his example Ken Loach. In his role as E.F. he transcends the stereotype melodramatic exaltation of spiritual leaders and presents a meticulous pychological character. Despite the serious theme, the film was a great success in the United States.
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall (1931, San Diego) made his name as an actor in countless Hollywood films, including To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now - for which he received an Oscar nomination for the best supporting role - and Colors. He also received an Oscar nomination for his role in The Apostle. In 1977 he made his directing d�but with the documentary We're Not the Jet Set.
films
We're Not the Jet Set (1977, doc), Angelo, My Love (1983), The Apostle (1997)
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