'Monster', the movie that gave Charlize Theron the Oscar
The film tells the true story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute sentenced to death for the murder of six men.
At Cine Online we recommend 'Monster', the film for which Charlize Theron won the Oscar for best actress in 2004. The film tells a moving story, based on the real life of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute executed in the fall of 2002 in Florida after being convicted of the murder of six men.
Although Wuornos confessed to all six murders, including that of a policeman, she claimed to have killed only in her own defense, resisting violent attacks while working as a prostitute. Desperate and on the brink of suicide, Wuornos walks into a Florida bar, where she meets Selby Wall, a young woman sent to live with an aunt by her parents to "cure her homosexuality." Wuornos, the victim of a tragic childhood full of abuse, quickly falls in love with her, clinging to Selby as if she were a lifeline.
Unable to find a regular job, but desperate to maintain her relationship with Selby, Wuornos continues to work as a prostitute. When one of her clients becomes violent, Wuornos shoots him in her own defense; It will be the first in a tragic series of murders.
