Mystic River

Mystic River

Mystic River tells the inner turmoil that follows a traumatic event.

The trauma of childhood abuse forever marks the life of Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins), separating him from childhood friends Sean (Kevin Bacon) and Jimmy (Sean Penn).

The death of Jimmy’s daughter will reunite the trio.

Dry, rigorous, ruthless: adapting Dennis Lehane’s novel A Drink Before the War, Clint Eastwood has created a majestic and essential work that reaches for the great classics, brushing against an epic quality that few other filmmakers have achieved in the new millennium.

In addressing the drama of a violated and defeated soul, Eastwood touches on uncomfortable and repelling themes (notably, pedophilia), decreeing the emotional and social exclusion of those contaminated by Evil (symbolized by the Mystic River, a thread that runs both narratively and metaphorically) while intertwining the personal stories of the three protagonists.

The sordid human events in Mystic River seem to be observed by a mysterious and indifferent superior eye (emblematic in this sense are the shots that capture the characters from above) that neither judges nor absolves: in a world dominated by oppression, where innocence is lost forever, catharsis seems unattainable.

And dignity is irretrievably lost.

The performances of the entire cast are masterful, with Sean Penn (Best Actor) and Tim Robbins (Best Supporting Actor) winning Oscars.

Plot of Mystic River

The childhood of Dave, Sean, and Jimmy is marked by a traumatic event that forever changes the life of one of them. One day, Dave is kidnapped by two pedophiles, and from that moment on, their bond is deeply fractured.
Twenty-five years later, another tragedy reunites them: the murder of Jimmy’s daughter. Sean, now a police officer, is assigned to the investigation, but Jimmy—who has a past behind bars—decides to pursue the truth on his own.

The clues seem to point to Dave, but meanwhile, other secrets and regrets come to light.


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