{"id":18915,"date":"2019-01-30T20:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=18915"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:38:36","slug":"the-mule-a-metaphor-for-clint-eastwood-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/cinema\/films\/the-mule-a-metaphor-for-clint-eastwood-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"With \u00abThe Mule\u00bb, Clint Eastwood has nothing left to prove"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cinema Wednesdays - Jonas Follonier<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten years on Gran Torino<\/em>, Clint Eastwood (88) returns to the screen with The Mule<\/em>, which he also directed. Spotlight on a masterpiece, a must-see.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earl Stone is an octogenarian who has spent his life in horticulture. Orchids are his passion, so much so that he has devoted all his time to them, to the detriment of his family. His daughter hasn't spoken to him for years, and his ex-wife is totally devastated too. Ruined and lonely, the old man accepts a small job which, on the surface, only requires him to act as a chauffeur. Except that his trunk contains cocaine, and he unknowingly becomes the mule for one of Mexico's biggest drug cartels. What follows for Earl is a dozen more dangerous errands than the last, a stay with the great boss<\/em> of the cartel, prostitutes and Viagra included, a game of hide-and-seek with the FBI and, above all, an attempt to make up for the past with those closest to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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