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Learn about the 1996 American drama film based on Dorothy Allison's novel, directed by Anjelica Huston and starring Jena Malone. The film depicts the abuse and neglect of a poor, illegitimate girl in 1950s South Carolina.
A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?
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Bastard Out of Carolina: Directed by Anjelica Huston. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett. A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture.
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- Drama
- Anjelica Huston
- 1996-12-15
Bastard Out of Carolina is a 1992 novel by Dorothy Allison. Semi-autobiographical in nature, the book is set in Allison's hometown of Greenville, South Carolina in the 1950s. Narrated by Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright, the primary conflict occurs between Bone and her mother's husband, Glen Waddell.
- Dorothy Allison
- 1992
High school graduate Isaiah coasts on basketball and video games. A year later, jobless and adrift, he faces his single mom's ultimatum to get a life or get out.
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Bastard Out of Carolina. Anney (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a poor single mother from the rural South, struggles to raise her young daughter, Bone (Jena Malone). They seem to find happiness when...
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Mar 1, 1992 · A semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy Allison about a young girl growing up in a violent and dysfunctional family in South Carolina. Read ratings, reviews, quotes, and more from the Goodreads community.
