Sublime and Substantial: Rated 4 out of 5 This is Isabelle Huppert’s best film

With her first film dating back to 1971 (Le Prussien), Isabelle Huppert celebrates this year the 53rd anniversary of a career that made her one of the greatest French actresses. But also an actor the world is chasing, starting with Italian Dario Argento, who is set to star in his next horror film.

Before jetting off to Italy, she’s in Asia this week for Sidonia Needs in Japan, playing a novelist who confronts the ghost of a husband she never really got over while promoting her tour. And it is in the United States that it becomes the highest-rated film on AlloCiné.

Averaged 4 out of 5, Heaven’s Gate by Michael Cimino does as well as The Judge and the Assassin by Betran Tavernier, or Cesar and Rosalie by Claude Saute. But it achieves this with more points (2786 against 1350 and 1748), which therefore puts it higher.

And it’s a nice revenge for its director, whose feature film was primarily known for its chaotic and long shoots and its disastrous box office performance, which led to the closure of the United Artists studio. which Tom Cruise then attempted to revive in 2008, before it closed (for good?) in 2019, the 100th anniversary of its birth.

Over 3h 30, Heaven’s Gate is also seen as a symbol of the end of the new Hollywood… which fits well with the disillusioned vision of America depicted in the story of two Harvard graduates who find themselves in Wyoming in 1890: James Averill. (Kris Kristofferson) is a federal sheriff, and the alcoholic Billy Irvine (John Hart) is a member of an association of large breeders who are fighting against small immigrants, most of them from Central Europe.

It is a tragic anti-western, a film against racism, an epic mural, a twisted novel, a lyrical metaphysical work.

Averill opposes the Association’s involvement in the area and tries to convince her friend, Ella, a French prostitute, to leave the country. And it’s Isabelle Hooper who plays the role, with 60 out of 160 reviews on AlloCiné giving it a maximum rating of 5 out of 5. This is more than a third.

“Flawless screenplay, masterful direction and direction, excellent sets and reconstructions, a cast worthy of the project, all of which came together in the amazing Michael Cimino, what could be better” : MC4815162342 It summed up almost everything, so much so that we could stop there. But there are other criticisms that are just as spectacular, if not more so.

as he Mr. Renton : “It is a tragic anti-western, an anti-racism film, an epic mural, a twisted novel, a lyrical metaphysical work, a violent, raw, raw, uncompromising film that conveys a powerful message with powerful images. Out of proportion. All agree that this is the final work of the great Michael Cimino A very big film that, after obstacles, finally deserves its status as an absolute masterpiece of the 7th art among the big names.”

or that Stebbinswhich provides an important explanation: “What should be seen in its long version, the short version does not offer the vulgar shortcut that is likely to favor the result. A masterpiece, sublime and essential.” It’s quite simple, superlatives fly in flocks among the most positive reviews.

What you should see in its long version, the short version does not offer a vulgar shortcut that is likely to favor the result

“A lyrical and powerful film that captures the heart for almost 4 hours”says vinetodelveccio, the last internet user we bring here. “Cimino takes us through a brilliant story with never-Manichean characters and many issues. The love story is heartbreaking and the plot is especially resonant today: racism, inequality, injustice…”

“Staging-wise, everything is consistent: the lighting, the alternately intimate and gigantic framing of the magnificent Wyoming landscape, the sound… everything is there for the historic moment.” And you ? Have you seen Heaven’s Gate?