Raging Bull

Raging Bull

Language : English
Year : 1980
Medical Theme : Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Actors : Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Storyline : Raging Bull is a biographical film about Jake LaMotta, a former middle weight world champion, who shot to fame after defeating legendary Sugar Ray Robinson when Sugar was at his peak. Jake however lost to Sugar the next time they fought each other and Sugar successfully retained his title. The film, apart from portraying Jake’s genius, also shows us his troubled personal life in depth. His problems with his wife and how it makes him angry when she even speaks about other men and his obsessive possessive nature make a large part of the story. Jake ends up divorcing his wife and spends the rest of his life in loneliness and bankruptcy, after he lost all most all the money he had made when he was successful.