Blueberry
Blueberry is a 2004 French acid Western directed by Jan Kounen. It is an adaptation of the Franco-Belgian comic book series Blueberry, illustrated by Jean Giraud (better known as Moebius) and scripted by Jean-Michel Charlier, but the film has little in common with the source material. The film starred Vincent Cassel as the title character along with Michael Madsen and Juliette Lewis. Although the film is a French production, the film is in English to match the story's setting in America's Wild West in the 1870s. Since the character of Blueberry remains obscure in the States, the film was released on DVD in America in November 2004 under the title Renegade and marketed very much as a conventional Western.
Plot
U.S. Marshal Mike Donovan (Vincent Cassel) (referred to as Broken Nose by the aboriginal tribe; unlike the comic his nickname is not Blueberry) has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the whites and the aborigines who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of Blount, a "white sorcerer" lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rites involving an entheogenic brew, conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny.
Cast
- Colm Meaney
- Djimon Hounsou
- Dominique Bettenfeld
- Eddie Izzard
- Ernest Borgnine
- François Levantal
- Geoffrey Lewis
- Guillermo Arévalo Valera
- Hugh O'Conor
- Jan Kounen
- Juan Manuel Bernal Chávez
- Juliette Lewis
- Michael Madsen
- Nichole Hiltz
- Pascal Demolon
- Tchéky Karyo
- Temuera Morrison
- Tetsuo Nagata
- Vahina Giocante
- Val Avery
- Vincent Cassel
More details
| author | Gale Anne Hurd Gérard Brach Jan Kounen Jean Giraud Jean-Michel Charlier Louis Mellis |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Jan Kounen |
| editor | Bénédicte Brunet Jennifer Augé Joël Jacovella |
| genre | action live-action thriller western |
| keywords | adopt broken nose entheogen first love recovered memory sacred suppressed memory |
| musicBy | François Roy Jean-Jacques Hertz |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| recordedAt | Almería |