In the aftermath of their album Brave, the band Marillion wanted to make a video out of the concept they had created. EMI reluctantly agreed to this despite the relatively poor album sales. Director Richard Stanley was intrigued by the concept and agreed to direct this feature which, in a way, can be compared to Pink Floyd's The Wall in concept.

The Brave (1997) is a film adapted from the Gregory McDonald novel of the same title directed by and starring Johnny Depp. The film concerns a Native American man named Raphael who lives with his wife and two children in a remote community that has situated themselves by a rubbish dump in order to find whatever they can to sell to make a living. Raphael, seeing the hopelessness of the situation and his inability to provide for his family, agrees to star in a snuff film for a large sum of money that he hopes will give his family a chance for a better life.

Having been given the money in advance, Raphael is given a week to live and then return to be tortured and killed in front of the camera. The film follows Raphael's transformation with his relationship with his wife and children over the course of his final week of life and his own personal anguish with his fate.

This film is Depp's directorial debut. He co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, directed and acted in it. The film was first shown at the 1997 Cannes film festival where it received mixed reviews. Since then, Depp has not released the film and the DVD is only distributed outside America.

The film also stars Marlon Brando in a minor role, who accepted the part as a favour to Depp as well as a cameo appearance by Iggy Pop. Iggy Pop also scored the music for the entire film.

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