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A six-year-old girl from the southern Delta searches for her long-lost mother after her father falls ill and her world spins out of balance in the film from director Benh Zeitlin that took home the Grand Jury Prize and Best Cinematography award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. A harsh but loving father, Wink swore that his beloved daughter Hushpuppy would be prepared for the day he was no longer able to look after her. Little did Wink realize that day would come sooner than anyone suspected, and when illness strikes him down, nature runs amuck. As the soaring temperatures melt ice caps and the sea levels swell, a race of prehistoric beasts named the aurochs emerge to reclaim the planet. Meanwhile, as the apocalypse unfolds, determined Hushpuppy bravely sets out on a mission to locate the mother she's never known.
Cast List
Steve Boeddeker
Bob Edwards - Sound/Sound Designer; Re-Recording Mixer
Benh Zeitlin
E.J. Holowicki
Dan Romer
Ben Richardson - Cinematographer
Danny Epper
Erin Staub
Lucy Alibar
Jess Pinkham
Carlos Savant
Brittany Marie Mroczek
Cara Stewart
Chace Miller
Zach Martin - Sound/Sound Designer
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Nicholas Clark
Jimmy Lee Moore
Levy Easterly
Henry D. Coleman
Joseph Brown
Quvenzhane Wallis
Dwight Henry
Lowell Landes
Pamela Harper
Gina Montana
Amber Henry
Jonshel Alexander
Kaliana Brower
Philip Lawrence
Hannah Holby
Jovan Hathaway
Kendra Harris
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Reviews:
"BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD is a poetic evocation of an endangered way of life and a surging paean to human resilience and self-reliance." - 01/21/2012 Hollywood Reporter
"It's a startlingly beautiful and daringly creative first feature, shot on Super 16mm..." - 03/01/2012 Rolling Stone
"[T]his is a low-budget production that looks like a million dollars greatly multiplied....[A] stirring and ultimately thrilling movie." - 06/28/2012 Wall Street Journal
"[A]n extraordinary new drama whose fierceness, like its 6-year-old heroine Hushpuppy, grabs on and won't let go....This is a remarkably skilled first feature..." - 06/26/2012 Los Angeles Times
"BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, a passionate and unruly explosion of Americana, directed by Benh Zeitlin, winks at skepticism, laughs at sober analysis and stares down criticism..." - 06/27/2012 New York Times
"It's unlikely there will be a film as visually stunning or poetic this year -- or perhaps any year -- to rival BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD." - 06/25/2012 USA Today
4 stars out of 4 -- "It introduces a gifted director in Benh Zeitlin....It creates a world to get lost in, a world of beauty, terror and mythic wonder." - 07/05/2012 Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 4 -- "This film is a remarkable creation, imagining a self-reliant community without the safety nets of the industrialized world....The authenticity and directness of the untrained actors make it effortlessly convincing." - 07/04/2012 Chicago Sun-Times
"[A]n extraordinary, strikingly original post-Katrina fable....A thing of beauty and originality..." -- Grade: A - 07/06/2012 Entertainment Weekly
"WallisÂ’ unforced performance anchors ZeitlinÂ’s striking visuals and gift for atmosphere." -- Grade: A- - 06/28/2012 A.V. Club
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film's vaunting ideas, wild story and pitch-perfect performances meld into one another in a truly memorable way." - 11/01/2012 Total Film
"[A] proudly handmade magic-realist parable celebrating the spirit of unbreakable communal self-reliance..." - 11/01/2012 Sight and Sound
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