Country: USA
Year: 2004
Duration: 107'
John Munn lives in a secluded farmhouse with his two sons Chris
and Tim. Chris is an adolescent eager to get out in the world, while
Tim, who is younger, is ill. The life of the two boys changes when Uncle
Deel shows up unexpectedly at the farm to settle an old score. Deel,
overcome by rage, kills John and sets off after Chris and Tim, who
managed to escape with a treasure that the Munn family has handed down
from father to son for generations.
"The lives of these two young brothers are a reflection of their father
and their uncle. Their past is sort of a mystery. There are some
horrific elements woven into their story, and it leads them to some
violent and gruesome and frightening places. To see these fears and
realities through the eyes of young adults is something I wanted to talk
to young actors about and see who was interested in trying to feel these
things and let me film them. To bring a youthful perspective is a cool
part of the process." (D.G. Green)
Biography
film director
David Gordon Green
David Gordon Green (Little Rock, AR, USA, 1975) grew up in Texas and studied directing at the North Carolina School of Art. After a long series of shorts, he debuted in feature films in 2001 with George Washington, which won that year’s Torino Film Festival. In 2003, he made All the Real Girls, which received a Special Jury Prize at Sundance. He continued making indie films, which are deeply rooted in American culture and at the same time have a magical melancholy realism: Undertow (2004), produced by Terence Malick and which competed at the Torino Film Festival; and Snow Angels (2007). His films Pineapple Express (2008), Your Highness (2011), and The Sitter (2011) veered toward a more commercial type of cinema, but he recaptured the expressive atmosphere and freedom of his early works with Prince Avalanche and his next movie, Joe (2013), which competed at the Venice Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Roughouse (cm, 1995), Pleasant Grove (cm, 1996), Artificial Insemination (cm, 1996), A Biography of Barrels (cm, 1997), Phisical Pinball (cm, 1998), George Washington (2000), All the Real Girls (2003), Undertow (2004), Snow Angels (id., 2007), Pineapple Express (Strafumati, 2008), Eastbound & Down (tv, 2009-2012), Black Jack (tv, 2011), Sua Maestà (Your Highness, 2011), The Sitter (Lo spaventapassere, 2011), Prince Avalache (2013), Joe (2013).