Fences is an American-Canadian drama based on August Wilson's play of the same name. It was directed by Oscar winner Denzel Washington (Training Day, Flight, The Righteous), who also plays the title character and who portrayed the same character on Broadway in 2010. His screen wife in this poignant drama about a man who has difficulty coming to terms with his destiny, played by Viola Davis (The Unwritten Squad, How to Get Away with Murder, The Handmaids).
Fences is the dramatic work of a playwright August Wilson, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1987. Hollywood for a long time they tried to put it on the screen, but the author insisted that he direct the film African American. This eventually happened, albeit long after his death. He waved the director's baton over the film Fences Denzel Washington (among other things, he has already directed a film The Great Debaters), who once again got into the character of Troy Maxson, which he already played in the eponymous movie Broadway show. The same applies to Viola Davis and some other characters (Mykelti Williamson, Stephen McKinley, Henderson, Russell Hornsby).
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The drama of Fences unfolds in the fifties of the last century in Pittsburgh and tells the story a former baseball player in the 'negro' leagues (minor leagues made up of mostly blacks and latinos) now A 53-year-old garbage collector, with an understanding wife and two sons, who barely supports his family. He still hasn't come to terms with the fact that he didn't get a chance in the pros because of his complexion and this frustration has a profound effect on those close to him. But after 18 years, he is slowly just starting to accept his own life destiny …
Scenes from the movie Fences:
Drama
Fences
(USA, Canada 2016)
Direction: Denzel Washington. They play: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, Saniyya Sidney.
In the cinema from December 25, 2016.
