Beasts of the Southern Wild(2012)

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Synopsis

In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.
In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary …
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In Theaters

  • June 27, 2012

MPAA Rating

PG 13 (for for thematic material including child imperilment, some disturbing images, language and brief sensuality)

Genres

Drama

Run Time

1 hour 33 minutes

Distributors

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Box Office

$12,784,397

Production Status

Released

Produced In

United States

Director

Benh Zeitlin

Director
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