Into the Wild

Is a movie realised by Sean Penn, the next president of the Cannes Film festival, which for two hours, completely hypnotises the spectator.

The director took his inspiration from a real story, a young man who has got everything, who studies hard to get a great job and who decides to give it all up.

Once he gets his diploma, which means he could have a really good position and earn a lot of money…he decides to leave his family, friends, future job, his values and go some place he doesn’t know.
He decides to unite with nature – to go back to the essence of life.

Throughout the movie, we discover some wonderful landscapes from the Grand Canyon to
Alaska, and the spectator feels as if they are travelling too, alongside the main character…

This young man meets many people and one year later, he decides to go back to the civilized world…But unfortunately he eats a non-edible plant and dies.

It was a really beautiful movie. Even if two hours is very long, the spectator isn’t bored because of the wonderful landscapes that trigger the senses.

With this movie, we realize that beyond our day-to-day life, in rich, industrialized countries, there are so many beautiful, natural things to discover.

The end of the movie is quite sad:

On the one hand the protagonist dies and this presents a real issue: nature is beautiful and nice but it can also be a danger, so should we stay in the civilized word?
And on the other hand, to come back to reality and to see that our life is so material, that we are deluding ourselves, it can all be a bit depressing!