Winter's Bone Still
Winner of the U.S. Dramatic Competition’s Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Winter’s Bone is an undeniably compelling and decidedly offbeat amalgam of several traditional genres: the mystery-thriller, the southern gothic, and the western. In an isolated Missouri county
devastated by poverty and methamphetamine, teenaged Ree (Jennifer Lawrence) is a dropout and caretaker for her younger siblings and catatonic mother. Ree’s family faces foreclosure when the father who long-ago abandoned them skips bail on drug charges. Determined to keep her immediate family together, Ree heroically sets out to find out what happened to her father by confronting a terrifying and violent community that is not interested in discussing its dark side. With a vivid, detailed, and authentic sense of place, director Granik, along with her co-writer and co-producer Anne Rosellini, have created a unique American masterwork, and a worthy follow-up to their debut feature, Down to the Bone. Lawrence, as Ree, provides a star-making performance that is matched by a powerful turn from John Hawkes (Deadwood, Me and You and Everyone We Know) as Ree’s shadowy uncle, Teardrop.
Co-writer/Co-producer Anne Rosellini will be in attendance.
