The Brave

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The Brave
Directed by Johnny Depp
Produced by Charles Evans Jr.
Carroll Kemp
Written by Gregory McDonald
Paul McCudden
Starring Johnny Depp
Cody Lightning

Nicole Mancera
Marlon Brando
Elpidia Carrillo

Music by Iggy Pop
Cinematography Vilko Filac
Editing by Pascale Buba
Distributed by Majestic Films International
Release date(s) 1997
Running time 123 min.
Country U.S.
Language English
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The Brave (1997) is a film adapted from the Gregory McDonald novel of the same title directed by and starring Johnny Depp.

This film was Depp's directorial debut. He co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, directed and acted in it. The film was first shown at the 1997 Cannes film festival where it received mixed reviews. Since then, Depp has not released the film and the DVD is only distributed outside of the United States of America.

[edit] Plot Summary

The film concerns a Native American man named Raphael who lives with his wife and two children in a remote community that has situated themselves by a rubbish dump in order to find whatever they can to sell to make a living. Raphael, seeing the hopelessness of the situation and his inability to provide for his family, agrees to star in a snuff film for a large sum of money that he hopes will give his family a chance for a better life.

Having been given the money in advance, Raphael is given a week to live and then return to be tortured and killed in front of the camera. The film follows Raphael's transformation with his relationship with his wife and children over the course of his final week of life and his own personal anguish with his fate.

[edit] Cast

Johnny Depp - Raphael
Marlon Brando - McCarthy
Marshall Bell - Larry
Elpidia Carrillo - Rita
Frederic Forrest - Lou Sr.
Clarence Williams III - Father Stratton
Max Perlich - Lou Jr.
Luis Guzmán - Luis
Cody Lightning - Frankie
Nicole Mancera - Marta
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman - Papa
Pepe Serna - Alessandro
Lupe Ontiveros - Maria
Alexis Cruz - Heyman
Chuck E. Weiss - Whizzy

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