Tonight on TV: A normal man who gets angry about being denied breakfast, remind you of something?

The average American, unemployed and divorced, waits endlessly in his car, stuck in a huge Los Angeles traffic jam, in the scorching heat. He is so late that he will not arrive in time for his daughter’s birthday.

Angry, he abandons his car and tries to cross the road on foot, not tolerating any obstacles in his way. He destroys a grocery store, fights thugs, grabs an arsenal, shoots machine guns in all directions and does not leave the unit. L

Police Sergeant Prendergast, a day before his retirement, begins to search for him to avoid harm.

This is the pitch for Freefall, directed by Joel Schumacher. Released in 1993, the film depicts the fall of man, who sinks into a spiral of violence and self-destruction, but also, more broadly, the fall of the American dream.

This gripping, cathartic thriller truly provides an intelligent analysis of the total decline of American society at the dawn of the 1992 race riots.

The film owes its strength primarily to the excellent performance of Michael Douglas in the lead role. In contrast to him, Robert Duvall embodies the opposite side, an honest citizen, a calm, altruistic and intuitive inspector.

Free fall Joel Schumacher with Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey…

Tonight on Arte at 20:50.