Nevada by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau
A beautiful tribute to equine therapy
Nevada, directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, tells the story of Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts), an inmate serving a long prison sentence who struggles to manage his emotions and participates in a prison program to train wild horses led by Myles (Bruce Dern).
Through this experience, Roman will learn not only to train a horse and ride it, but also to build relationships with his mustang, Marquis, with Myles, the program director, with some of his fellow inmates, and with his daughter, Martha (Gideon Adlon). He will also learn to express and better control his emotions. And he begins to sketch out a plan for the future that will finally give him the desire to leave prison.
Matthias Schoenaerts’s (Rust and Bone, Brothers) performance is masterful, the cinematography (Ruben Impens: Alabama Monroe) is splendid, and the direction and acting coaching (Laure de Clermont–Tonnerre) are perfectly executed. Of particular note is the very intimate way the bond between Roman and his horse is filmed.
A beautiful tribute to equine therapy, and a magnificent, deeply moving film that is a must-see.
Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Producer: Ilan Goldman
Screenplay: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Mona Fastvold, Brock Norman Brock
Cinematography: Ruben Impens
Music: Jed Kurzel
Editing: Géraldine Mangenot
Sound: Zsolt Magyar, Gabor Erdei, Severin Favriau, Stéphane Thiebaud
Cast:
Matthias Schoenaerts (Roman Coleman)
Jason Mitchell (Henry)
Bruce Dern (Myles)
Gideon Adlon (Martha)