The Last of the Mohicans will be released in cinemas this Christmas

Michael Mann's classic starring Daniel Day-Lewis returns in a restored version.

1757. Third year of war between France and England. Three men. The last of a people in extinction, on the border of the Hudson.

The Last of the Mohicans of Michael Mann will be visible again in French cinemas from December 25, announces Splendor Films, which promises a restored version (in 2K) to (re)discover in VOST, 32 years after its success in theaters.

In 1992, this new adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel, retracing a part of American history and initially published in 1826, found its audience, collecting millions of dollars in revenue – and 1.3 million curious people in France. Its star, Daniel Day-Lewiswas notably acclaimed for her performance. At the house of Firstthe editorial team praised his qualities:

“A very tight scenario, extraordinarily rich in documentation. Images of incredible beauty, where the English 'red coats' wage war in close ranks, facing Montcalm's henchmen. Directional tricks (camera movements, tracking shots in the forest…) which energize the story… Michael Mann knows that, to convey ideas (the injustice of the white settlers towards the Indians), you need a strongly structured story (which the novel does not is not) and well-defined characters In doing so, he gives Hawkeye an unsuspected depth: the latter evokes, in passing, his childhood and his taste for freedom. Daniel Day-Lewis, who plays the hero, is everything. simply extraordinary: he has the flame. (…)

The Last of the Mohicans comes hot on the heels of Dances With Wolves, to which it is sure to be compared. However, they are two very different films. Where Kevin Costner took his time, Mann gallops. Where Danse… had a (small) weakness (on the female character, visibly too American), the other is sharp as a razor (not a ribbon, not an anachronistic hairstyle for Madeleine Stowe). Costner was more elegiac, Mann is more rhythmic. But the directors say, finally, the same thing: the time of the deceitful and cruel Redskins is over. John Wayne is dead.”

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