Una madre e una figlia scoprono che le loro vite vengono influenzate negativamente quando un nuovo uomo entra in scena. La loro famiglia sarà mai quello che si aspettano?Una madre e una figlia scoprono che le loro vite vengono influenzate negativamente quando un nuovo uomo entra in scena. La loro famiglia sarà mai quello che si aspettano?Una madre e una figlia scoprono che le loro vite vengono influenzate negativamente quando un nuovo uomo entra in scena. La loro famiglia sarà mai quello che si aspettano?
- Vincitore di 1 Primetime Emmy
- 6 vittorie e 17 candidature totali
- Truck Driver
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- QuizRon Eldard spent a lot of time playing sports with Jena Malone so they would both feel comfortable performing the scenes in which he is physically abusing her. He claimed that in no scene did inappropriate contact with Malone take place, and that for scenes in which he appears to grab her by the throat, he is actually only holding her by his fingertips. Eldard was adamant that the graphic depiction of sexual abuse and rape was a necessity for the film.
- BlooperAt 12 minutes and 57 seconds into the film, Dermot Mulroney's character (Lyle Parsons) is driving along a road past a modern looking house with a very modern looking red truck parked in the driveway.
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Doctor: How'd she break her coccyx?
Anney Boatwright: Her what?
Doctor: Her tailbone, lady! Her ass! What you been hitting' this child with, or maybe you just been throwin' her up against the damn wall!
Anney Boatwright: What are you sayin'? What are you sayin'?
Doctor: [to Bone] Do you wanna talk about it, honey? How 'bout we ask your mama to leave, and then, maybe you can tell me what happened, okay?
Anney Boatwright: Let me have my girl!
Doctor: This child's been beaten! This child's been beaten, and I'm gonna call the authorities!
- ConnessioniFeatured in The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997)
- Colonne sonoreMy Lord Keeps a Record
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Anjelica Huston is the director and this is her first attempt at directing a feature length movie. The results are stunning. It is altogether a flawless movie, with an excellent script based on the Dorothy Allison novel, and stars Jena Malone as the young protagonist. Jennifer Jason Leigh is in the tough role of the mother torn between the choices she faces in loving both her daughter and the abusive stepfather. Many times throughout the movie I sat on the edge of my seat stunned by the action happening onscreen. It is not a movie with pat answers and predictable solutions, but manages to show the complexities involved in each situation. There are no cardboard characters either, as in real life not everyone is totally good or evil, though their actions may dip into either category from time to time.
The most compelling performance, in a film loaded with excellent acting, comes from young Malone, who commands a role that many adult actresses would no doubt have trouble handling. Her face tells a thousand stories with each shot giving a multi-leveled meaning to the deeper motivations that lie within her character.
After the credits Glenne Headly provides further information about the subject and a child abuse hotline number, which is a great addition to a film of this sort. It is not "entertainment" per se, but more along the lines of an informational public service. The symptoms of child abuse are highlighted throughout the movie and the effect of everyone's participation documented as fair warning to the viewer.
I can't praise this movie enough. A film like this raises my awareness and compassion level and makes me want to reach out to help in any way I can. It exceeds expectations in just about every way imaginable.
- The Gryphon
- 2 nov 2000
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