Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: Jamie Foxx as a freed slave.
After having dabbled in detective films (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Sin City…), action films (Kill Bill), but also war films (Inglorious Basterds), Quentin Tarantino finally realizes his dream of putting staged a spaghetti western in 2012. The opportunity for him to pay tribute to one of his idols, filmmaker Sergio Leone.
Winner of the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, the story of Django Unchained follows the adventures of a German bounty hunter and a slave in the American South, two years before the Civil War.
The director’s obsession with violence and gore finds natural ground here. Both brutal and quirky, the film is based on a disarming contrast, which is its strength.
Another major force: its prestigious cast with breathtaking performances, from Jamie Foxx as a vigilante hero, to Christoph Waltz, crowned with the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, via Leonardo DiCaprio as a diabolical antagonist.
Finally, like any self-respecting Tarantino film, Django Unchained is a real pleasure for cinephiles eager for winks. In addition to Sergio Corbucci’s Django, dating from 1966, to which it makes direct reference, the film also summons Buck and his accomplice, Boss Nigger, Nevada Smith or even The son of an outlaw.
With $425 million earned internationally, Django Unchained is Tarantino’s biggest commercial success. Building on this success, the latter reiterated in the western register in 2016 with Les Huit Salopards.
Ex aequo with Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained is the favorite feature film of AlloCiné Internet users among Tarantino’s filmography, posting an average viewer rating of 4.5/5.
Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino with Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio…
From 12 years old
Tonight on France 3 at 9:10 p.m.