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“Wild at Heart” synopsis

Saylor (Nicolas Cage) is enraged by Marietta (Diane Ladd), the mother of his girlfriend Lula (Laura Dern), and is sent a hitman. After serving his sentence, he is released from prison and travels to California with Lula, but a detective hired by Marietta is following them. There is a secret behind Marietta's grudge...

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• An escapade full of madness, depicted by a movie artist with extraordinary abilities.
• A pure love story that grows behind the ruthless violence.
• Was that classic a Lynchian movie?

An escapade full of madness, depicted by a movie artist with extraordinary abilities.

If you look into the long history of film, there are many works depicting escapism. But ``Wild at Heart'' (1990) depicts a man-woman escapade that combines madness, passion, and violence unlike any of her previous works. It's a drug-like movie that deeply stimulates your moral sense and unleashes your inner desires.

In addition, contrary to this immoral aspect, it also unfolds an extremely fleeting love story that depicts the overflowing love between a young man and a woman. It is, so to speak, a kind of hymn that praises the folly and beauty of human beings.

“Wild at Heart” trailer

The film is set in the American South. Snakeskin jacket-wearing Sailor The Talented Mr. Ripley(Nicolas Cage) and his girlfriend Lula Pace Fortune (Laura Dern) leave their love for California and travel. The only obstacle to their love is Lula's biological mother, Marietta Fortune (Diane Ladd). Her pathological love for her daughter manifests itself in a twisted urge to kill Sailor by sending a hitman with connections to the underworld. Sailor and Lula's getaway takes on a strange turn, dominated by crime, violence, and desire, at the hands of an evil force that tears their love apart...

The man at the helm is the genius director David Lynch, who continues to produce many excellent - yet eccentric - works such as `` Eraserhead '' (1976) and `` The Elephant Man '' (1980). ``Wild at Heart'' is the first work in four years since `` Blue Velvet '' (1986), which was a critical and commercial success, and reunites the first-rate staff and cast of ``Blue Velvet.'' ing.

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Laura Dern, who played Kyle MacLachlan's girlfriend in the previous movie Blue Velvet, will play Lula. She often appears in Lynch's works, such as `` Inland Empire '' (2006) and `` Twin Peaks '' (1990-17), and is a kind of muse for Lynch. Speaking of Laura, her mother, actress Diane Ladd, is also supporting her. In the movie, they co-star as father and son, so if you know about that, you'll probably enjoy it even more.

Like Laura, Isabella Rossellini from the Lynch family also appears. In her previous film, ``Blue Velvet,'' her first collaboration with Lynch, she gracefully played a club singer on the outskirts of the city, and in her current film, ``Wild at Heart,'' she plays a suspicious prostitute. In addition, Jack Nance, who has been an ally of Lynch since ``Eraserhead'', also makes a friendship appearance. He plays the strange role of a mysterious middle-aged man who is well versed in rocket engineering.

A pure love story that grows behind the ruthless violence.