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J.D. Vance (Gabriel Basso), a former Marine from southern Ohio and current Yale Law student, is on the verge of landing his dream job when a family crisis forces him to return to the home he'™s tried to forget. J.D. must navigate the complex dynamics of his Appalachian family, including his volatile relationship with his mother Bev (Amy Adams), who'™s struggling with addiction. Fueled by memories of his grandmother Mamaw (Glenn Close), the resilient and whip-smart woman who raised him, J.D. comes to embrace his family'™s indelible imprint on his own personal journey.
Theatrical
Nov 11, 2020
Digital
Nov 24, 2020
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Producers
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Imagine Entertainment
Keywords
child abuse
based on novel or book
drug addiction
american dream
ohio
overdose
heroin
kentucky
yale university
based on true story
drug rehabilitation
hillbilly
based on memoir or autobiography
single mother
teenage boy
law student
grandmother
appalachian
1990s
appalachian mountains
mother son relationship
traditional family
mother son estrangement
childhood memory
small town life
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Amy Adams
Bev
G
Glenn Close
Mamaw
G
Gabriel Basso
J.D. Vance
H
Haley Bennett
Lindsay
F
Freida Pinto
Usha
B
Bo Hopkins
Papaw
O
Owen Asztalos
Young J.D. Vance
J
Jesse C. Boyd
Matt
S
Stephen Kunken
Phillip Roseman
K
Keong Sim
Ken
M
Morgan Gao
Travis
J
Jono Mitchell
Kevin
B
Bill Kelly
Uncle Pet
D
David Dwyer
Uncle Arch
S
Sarah Hudson
Lori
T
Ted Huckabee
Jimmy (Bev's Brother)
N
Nathan Hesse
Bill (Nurse)
S
Sunny Mabrey
Bonnie (Mamaw, 30's)
B
Brett Lorenzini
Jim (Papaw, 30's)
T
Tierney Smith
Young Bev (6 years)
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