PREVIEW: Cry Macho (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino), Dwight Yoakam (Panic Room), Eduardo Minett (The Legend of Tomiris), Natalia Traven (Collateral Damage), Fernanda Urrejola (Blue Miracle), Horacio Garcia Rojas (The Reasons of the Heart)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby), director, producer; N. Richard Nash (The Rainmaker) and Nick Schenk (Gran Torino), writers; Jessica Meier (The Mule), Tim Moore (Richard Jewell) and Albert S. Ruddy (The Godfather), producers; Mark Mancina (Speed), composer; Ben Davis (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), cinematographer; David Cox (Den of Thieves) and Joel Cox (American Sniper), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1979, retired rodeo star Mike Milo (Eastwood) takes a job from his former boss Howard (Yoakam) to go to Mexico and pick up his young son Rafo (Minett) to take back home. Forced to travel along the backroads on their way to Texas, Mike and Rafo find themselves on an unexpected journey towards redemption…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Even at age 91, there’s no stopping Clint Eastwood from directing and starring in movies where he plays a rough and rugged lead, the latest of which he portrays in this sombre and reflective drama set in the late 1970s.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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