de bene esse: DiCaprio is a wealthy plantation owner

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

His most famous period performance was as Jack Dawson in Titanic.
15 years later Leonardo DiCaprio will star in a Quentin Tarantino feature Django Unchained.

In the poster for the film he looks every inch the plantation owner Calvin Candie.

Candie man: Leonardo DiCaprio is dressed as dandy plantation owner Calvin in this new Django Unchained poster

In trimmed beard, smart suit, red tie and a carnation, he is every inch a francophile of brutally ruthless character.

Jamie Foxx's character Django poses in another while brandishing his six-shooter.

Most notable is the shot of actress Kerry Washington, who plays Django's sweetheart Broomhilda Von Shaft.

The man himself: Jamie Foxx is almost unrecognisable as slave turned bounty hunter Django

Man on a mission: There are at least two big reasons Django wants to win freedom for his love, who is played by Kerry Washington

Set in the South two years before the American Civil War, Django is offered freedom by German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in return for helping him find the murderous Brittle brothers, who only Django can lead him to.

Success leads Schultz to free Django, but the two men choose not to go their separate ways.

Django hones his skills as part of their fearsome new team, but remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda, the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago. Their search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie, the proprietor of Candyland. an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody to battle each other for sport.