This bleak, but utterly enveloping narrative, set in the impoverished Ozarks of southwestern Missouri, follows a teenage girl’s determined journey to uncover the truth behind her father’s disappearance. Winner of this year’s Sundance Film Fest, this is honest and unflinching filmmaking at its finest. With as memorable and vivid a heroine as you are likely to see on the screen this year. Starring Jennifer Lawrence.
USA – 1 hr 39 min – Debra Granik
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[...] Debra Granik’s Secret: V-Shaped Stories In an interview led by Jeremiah Kipp, writer/director Debra Granik stated that “The traditional storyline in an American film is usually in the form of a V shape. I am oversimplifying, but we see someone tumbling down, they hit bottom, and then they rise up again and find redemption.” In all of her works, Granik has displayed a trend towards this structure, but never more so than in her Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Winter’s Bone. [...]
See this movie! It is incredible; I saw it twice, as did a friend of mine, who rarely sees a movie a 2nd time. The acting will blow you away!