Ballast
A FILM BY Lance Hammer
A FILM BY Lance Hammer
Startingly assured, pitch perfect!?
-Manohla Dargis. NEW YORK TIMES
Extraordinary!
-Robert Koehler, VARIETY
Poetic and profound
-Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
A perfect film!
-Jeff Shannon, SEATTLE TIMES
A stunning piece of work!
-David Fear, TIME OUT NEW YORK
Magnificent!
-Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
Synopsis
A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival and one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2008, BALLAST is a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe and communal redemption. In the cold winter light of the Mississippi Delta, three lonely people stumble under the weight of a shared tragedy. Lawrence is paralyzed with grief after the loss of his twin brother. Twelve-year-old James drifts into the perilous orbit of local teenagers while his single mother, is too exhausted from her menial job to interpret the clues. When sudden violence forces mother and son to flee their home in the night, they alight desperately on Lawrence’s property. Though this provides safe harbor, it rekindles the fury of a bitter, longstanding conflict. Writer-director Lance Hammer and his gifted cast of local, non-professional actors have created an unflinching, profoundly humane story of lost souls forced by circumstance v
Original Languages: English
Running Time: 96 min.
Year: 2008
Running Time: 96 min.
Year: 2008
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DIRECTED BY
Lance Hammer
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