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Bastard Out of Carolina is a 1996 American drama film made by Showtime Networks, directed by Anjelica Huston. It is based on the 1992 novel by Dorothy Allison and adapted for the screen by Anne Meredith. Jena Malone stars in her debut as a poor, physically abused and sexually molested girl.
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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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Bastard Out of Carolina Summary. Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright is born to fifteen-year-old Anney Boatwright in Greenville, South Carolina. The word “illegitimate,” stamped in red ink on Bone’s birth certificate, eats at Anney’s pride and she struggles unsuccessfully to get an unmarked copy.
Difficult tale of a poor, struggling South Carolina mother and daughter who each face painful choices with resolve and pride. Tired Anney and her daughter Bone grow both closer and farther apart as Anney sees Glen as her last chance despite his mistreatment of Bone.
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 Anney marries a kindly man ...
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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.
The extended Boatwright clan is a tough but poor bunch living in Greenville County, South Carolina. Anney works long hours in a diner to support her daughters after her first husband dies in a car accident.
