Don Juan De Marco

Lunatics take over the asylum again in an enchanting feel-good fable showcasing a masked Johnny Depp as the world's greatest lover on the verge of suicide. As a burnt-out shrink, Marlon Brando must prick the cod Casanova's fantasy bubble in therapy sessions — where his exaggerated Mexican past and hopelessly romantic conquests are revealed in mythic flashback — or have him committed. Instead, through Depp's grandiose, poetic delusions, Brando re-examines the importance of passion in his own marriage to Faye Dunaway. A scintillating lyrical tone and magical realism make director Jeremy Leven's film a wonderfully funny, touching odyssey through a red-hot landscape of Latin rhythms, virile Valentinos, swooning senoritas and duelling Zorros.

"Iconoclastic acting of a high order by three eccentric performers....With special accolades to Brando, who here renders yet another magnificent 'comeback' performance..."