WINTER'S BONE
USA
2010
99 minutes
A mountain country 17-year old who pretty much takes care of herself and her two younger siblings must find her drug-cooking absent father or face eviction, but she finds herself stonewalled from the truth by her extended clan. Bleak, moody character study dressed up as half American Gothic and half mystery thriller; well enough made, but somehow less than the sum of its parts.
Starring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee, Lauren Sweetser, Tate Taylor.
Directed by Debra Granik; produced by Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin; screenplay by ms. Granik and ms. Rosellini, based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, Winter's Bone; music by Dickon Hinchcliffe; director of photography (Technicolor), Michael McDonough; production designer, Mark White; costume designer, Rebecca Hofherr; film editor, Affonso Gonçalves.
An Anonymous Content/Winter's Bone Productions presentation/production. (US distributor, Roadside Attractions. World sales, Fortissimo Films.)
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Zon Lusomundo Colombo 10, Lisbon, February 7th 2011.
2010
99 minutes
A mountain country 17-year old who pretty much takes care of herself and her two younger siblings must find her drug-cooking absent father or face eviction, but she finds herself stonewalled from the truth by her extended clan. Bleak, moody character study dressed up as half American Gothic and half mystery thriller; well enough made, but somehow less than the sum of its parts.
Starring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee, Lauren Sweetser, Tate Taylor.
Directed by Debra Granik; produced by Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin; screenplay by ms. Granik and ms. Rosellini, based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, Winter's Bone; music by Dickon Hinchcliffe; director of photography (Technicolor), Michael McDonough; production designer, Mark White; costume designer, Rebecca Hofherr; film editor, Affonso Gonçalves.
An Anonymous Content/Winter's Bone Productions presentation/production. (US distributor, Roadside Attractions. World sales, Fortissimo Films.)
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Zon Lusomundo Colombo 10, Lisbon, February 7th 2011.
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