This film made Leonardo DiCaprio a legend and will soon disappear from Netflix

The film that made a legend Leonardo Dicaprio, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and which would prove to be a real cinematic odyssey, due to the director’s requests for realism, will be released from the Netflix catalog on November 1st. The tape is named ‘The Avenger’and became one of the best film adaptations of a novel.

‘The Revenant’ gave Leonardo DiCaprio his first Oscar for Best Actor, as well as a BAFTA and a Golden Lion in the same category, becoming a watershed in the career of the actor, who had chased the Oscar for years, beyond to the fact that it was one of the most difficult productions the actor had participated in.

The difficulties that ‘The Revenant’ presented during his recordings had to do with the pursuit of pure realism by Alejandro G. Inarritu. The film had an 80-day shooting schedule, which turned into 9 months, due to the extreme cold in the filming locations. added to search for Emanuele Lubezki for shooting in natural light only.

Similarly, DiCaprio confessed to eating raw bison liver to get closer to his character, as well as sleeping on animal carcasses and entering frozen rivers. The film was a critical success, garnering an approval rating of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 76 out of 100 on Metacritic. In addition to awarding the Oscar for best director to Iñárritu.

What is ‘The Revenant’ about?

‘The revenant’ is based on a part of Michael Punke’s novel of the same name, which describes the experiences of Hugh Glass in 1823. This character leads a group of trap hunters through the depths of wild America, when suddenly they are attacked by a group of the Arikara community, who end up stealing the skins they were wearing.

Glass is fatally wounded by a bear attack and ends up being abandoned to his fate by another member of the team, John Fitzgerald. From here, Glass must face hostile territory and a brutal winter, relying only on his willpower as his only weapon, seeking revenge at all costs.

The film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, has a screenplay by Iñárritu himself and Mark L. Smith. The photography is entrusted to the legendary Emmanuel Lubezki and in addition to DiCaprio he also has the performance of Tom Hardy, equally praised by critics. Being a Regency Enterprises, anonymous content, Rat Pack Filmproduktion production, distributed by 20th Century Fox.