In ‘Killers of the flower moon’ Scorsese brings together his favorites: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro (plus a surprise at the end)

The moon flower (plant) It was appreciated and admired by the Indian tribes as they populated their fields after the long winter. as a synonym for abundance and the presence of a deity in their lives.

And then the director Martin Scorsese decided to title his new film as The Moon Killershe did it to present to a group of individuals (white, as the natives call them) who are willing to do anything to symbolically ‘pick’ that flower and appropriated the economic prosperity that surrounded the Osage Nation.

The pain and tragedy of continued murders in that community they are magically framed in a first love story between Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), orchestrated by William Hale (Robert De Niro)Burkhart’s uncle, that one covets Mollie’s family fortune and propertydescendant of pure Osage blood.

During the first hour, The director invites the audience to a fun and candid meeting between Mollie and Ernestas she decides whether or not to trust him with her heart. It is the upward and optimistic curve that Scorsese has accustomed his followers to in his films. (before the decline): the party, the babies, the good wishes. A fairy tale in Osage territory.

But the threat continues to grow around the (now) Burkhart family and their neighbors, whose deaths remain uninvestigated.

As we enter the second hour of the tape, Terror has taken over the Osage, causing them to lock themselves in their homes and place lamps in their doorways to ward off evil. that pursues them (although some also make the radical decision to flee).

Behind closed doors, Ernest continues as Mollie’s devoted husband. and the only one she trusts for her diabetes treatment. But on the street, DiCaprio’s character is still one of the conspirators (along with his uncle) of cruel actions to take over the natives’ fortunes. Which force will be more powerful in him: ambition or the love he claims to feel for his wife?

The plot will tighten towards the end, when agents sent by J. Edgar Hoover himself of the then Bureau of Investigation arrive in the community to arrest the guilty. (Hello!, Jesse Plemons)

Those who allow themselves to plunge into suspense until they reach the trial of the guilty is rewarded with Brendan Fraser’s impeccable looks and certainly a final scene will be repeated in film history classes for all eternity every time Scorsese is mentioned.

Killers of the flower moon It also marks Apple TV’s intention to expand the offering of its streaming platform. streaming by producing it as one of the Apple Originals. The next one will be Napoleon, with Joaquin Phoenix.

The writing of Killers of the Flower Moon is inspired by the book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI of the American journalist David Grann (2017). DiCaprio acquired the rights to the manuscript in 2016, before its publication.

In Ecuadorian cinemas from Thursday, October 19.