USA,
2013, 104 min
Directed by:
James FrancoCinematography:
Christina Alexandra VorosComposer:
Aaron EmbryCast:
Scott Haze, James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Jeremy Ambler, Fallon Goodson, Vince Jolivette, Brian Lally, Ciera Danielle, Nina Ljeti, Kristen Adams (more)VOD (1)
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Set in a small town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee in the 1960s, Child of God tells the story of Lester Ballard, a dispossessed, violent man whom the narrator describes as "a child of God much like yourself perhaps." Ballard's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Consecutively deprived of parents and housing and driven by famished loneliness, Ballard descends literally and figuratively to the level of a cave dweller as he falls deeper into crime and degradation. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Venice Film Festival
- 2013 - James Franco (Golden Lion for Best Film)