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Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight

7.5 54 mins Documentary   2023
Nilaya Productions   ARTE   Ciné+   RTS   RTBF   ORF   Ale Kino+   Planète+ Poland   Česká televize   Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR)   ¡Hola! TV   NTR   CNC   PROCIREP   Société des Producteurs de L'Angoa  
Director(s): Jean-Baptiste Péretié

Robert De Niro is famous for his award-winning portrayals of gangsters, criminals and socially disturbed men who show surprising traces of vulnerability. By analyzing his astonishing roles in iconic films through the years, the documentary reveal the complex actor behind these extreme characters. Because the public knows little about the man who is largely silent about his own life and emotions, this film tries to unwraps one of the most fascinating and enigmatic American actors of all time for the audience. For this the filmakers use clips from his feature films, archive footage of his sparse interviews and probe into his background to illustrate De Niro’s methods for becoming the characters he plays and the reasons he’s able to do so. All of this culminates in a rare exposé of the genesis of the hidden pain that enables the masterful actor to bring such intensity to the big screen.

Casts of Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight

Robert De Niro

as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)

Martin Scorsese

as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

Quentin Tarantino

as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

Al Pacino

as Self (archive footage)

Martin Sheen

as Self (archive footage)

James Caan

as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

George Wallace

as Self (archive footage)

Arthur Bremer

as Self (archive footage)

John Hinckley Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

James Brady

as Self (archive footage)

Tim McCarthy

as Self (archive footage)

Denis Podalydès

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Christian Brückner

as Self - Narrator (voice)

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