Cold Mountain is an American film based on the novel by Charles Frazier. Set in the American Civil War (1861-1865) shows the odyssey of Inman, a fighter to be wounded in battle decides to return to his home in Ada awaits him, woman I want to formalize their engagement despite the short treatment maintained and yet lives his return from three years ago.
For its general theme the film is very similar to Homer's Odyssey, while not including many more similarities with it.
First Inman is no military or hero, is a carpenter who enlists in the war willingly to fight for the secessionist Confederate States, unlike Ulysses, who, as we know, refuses to leave for Troy and feigns madness to avoid conflict.
After being wounded in combat and later retrieval, Inman escapes from a war that no longer believes, making him a deserter and motivates his persecution by the sides to the fighting, the latter being close to final defeat. In this completely opposed to Ulysses, which is usually the winning side, leader, hero, standing among his people, unlike the American defector, regarded as a coward.
Thus, Inman must travel alone and on foot a great distance trying not to be discovered. At the beginning of his journey necessarily get back the equivalent of the crew of Ulysses. His first partner is a pervert who also fled Reverend, as his people want to hang him for adultery, the protagonist rejects, but has no choice but to accept it because he knows the area well and stalking the local guard. Both are betrayed by a man who receives them and pick them up to return to the front along with other defectors, so the group would become the crew of Odysseus, and this will equate back to the front, in my opinion a storm Poseidon they do go back to the Greeks. The purpose of this "crew" is when are on the way to Union soldiers (the rival faction) who slaughter both captive and Confederate officers, with the exception of Inman, the only survivor, as in the Odyssey when a storm sent by Zeus to let Odysseus without ship or crew.
Similarly, an elderly woman offers help by giving shelter in his house in the forest because it is wounded and chained, as a Circe or Calipso, only that there is no romantic relationship whatsoever. Shortly after this event it receives another woman, a young widow who sheltered from the rain. She receives more benefit from it than vice versa, although this time there is no love between them. Hugs and comfort to the pain of losing her husband in that war and defends against ruthless soldiers seeking plunder his house. Parallel
shows the hard life he leads Ada in Cold Mountain, his father just died and she is forced to push through their farm without knowing how, because of their previous well-off life. The biggest problem is Teague, who wants to take possession of the farm, and his gunmen have been raised on local militants, who also show a special aversion to the deserters. As the suitors would make life impossible for Penelope. Unlike of this, Ada has been given to the protagonist on their status and inform the unbearable is expected that participation in the war through the letters he sends, this is one of the main reasons that drive back to Inman home. And as Penelope, also has help, of Ruby, a woman through which is able to adapt to their new life. Your company saves her from the loneliness and despair, as Telemachus acts with his mother.
proceeds to explain the FINAL if anyone was planning to see it ... Inman
get back, and just as in the Odyssey, there is a time is not recognized by the woman he wants, but only a few seconds and it is quite normal to have changed his appearance. Then there is the tantalizing showdown with his fiancée, and It makes a big difference to the work of Homer, despite finishing with them is fatally wounded and dies before Ada. It's a bittersweet ending, although Inman's death she begins a new life much quieter in the same place with the daughter who have both before his fall.
Country: USA.
Year: 2003.
Length: 155 min .
Interpretation: Jude Law (Inman), Nicole Kidman (Ada Monroe), Renée Zellweger (Ruby Thewes), Eileen Atkins (Maddy), Brendan Gleeson (Strobod Thewes), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Reverend Veasey), Natalie Portman (Sara), Giovanni Ribisi (Junior), Donald Sutherland (Reverend Monroe), Ray Winstone (Teague) Kathy Baker (Sally Swanger), James Gammon (Esco Swanger), Jack White (Georgia).
Screenplay: Anthony Minghella , based on the book by Charles Frazier.
Production: Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa.
Music: Gabriel Yared .
Photography: John Seale .
Editing: Walter Murch .
production designer Dante Ferretti.
Art Direction: Pier Luigi Basile, Luca Tranchina, Cristian Niculescu and Maria Teresa Barbasso .
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