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Synopsis: Set in mountainous Sevier County, Tennessee, Child of God tells the story of Lester Ballard, a dispossessed, violent man whom the narrator describes as "a child of God much like yourself perhaps." Ballard's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, Ballard descends literally and figuratively to the level of a cave dweller as he falls deeper into crime and degradation.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): James Franco
Production: Well Go USA
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
41%
R
Year:
2013
104 min
Website
187 Views


Just never mind.

Turn around.

I gotta go to the bathroom.

You ain't need to worry about that.

Turn around.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

This your new home.

This your new home.

Okay.

Come on.

We almost there.

We almost there.

Okay.

There you go.

F***.

F***!

Oh.

Oh, f***.

Sheriff.

Where's them bodies, Ballard?

I don't know nothing about no bodies.

Yes, you do.

How many other people you kill?

I ain't killed none of them.

Bullshit.

You killed that lane girl,

and you killed all them folks in

them parked cars up on Frog mountain.

I never done it.

Get up, Ballard.

I ain't allowed up.

Get up.

Get those sheets off.

Now get up.

Stand up, Lester.

Where we going?

- We're going to your funeral, motherf***er.

- Shh, quiet.

- My...

- Is that the only thing you got to wear?

- I don't know.

- Put these on.

Here.

Help him.

He ain't got but one arm.

Hold on to him.

Step into that, Lester.

We best get going if we gonna go.

Earl's likely gone to get the sheriff.

Watch him.

Thank you so much for helping me like that.

All right, let's go.

Come on, Lester.

Just walk.

Just walk.

- Okay, gentlemen.

- Be quiet.

- Y'all gonna be my new friends.

- Move it, Ballard!

Shh, quiet.

Let's go, come on.

Come on, Ballard.

You reckon we oughta tie his hand?

Tie his arm to his leg like a mule.

No, take him, Mike.

Bring him over.

All right, Ballard, we're gonna

let you make this easy on yourself.

You tell us where you put them bodies

so we can give them a

proper burial, and we'll put you

back in the hospital, let you

take your chances with the law.

You got it all.

Where's them bodies at, Ballard?

I know nothing about no bodies.

You son of a b*tch.

Is that your final say?

It is.

You got that rope, Fred?

- Sure do.

- You sorry sack of sh*t.

You have to tie that arm.

Ask him about that, Ernest.

Yeah, Ernest.

What you want with them dead ladies, huh?

Was you f***ing 'em?

You know he was.

Go on, take him down, Mike.

Make sure he ain't drugged. I want him

to know what's happening to him.

He's alert enough.

Okay, I'ma tell you.

I'll tell you right, then.

What's that?

I'll tell you, god damn it.

Tell us what?

I'm gonna tell you where they at,

them bodies.

You said if I told you,

you were gonna turn me loose.

Where they at?

They's in caves.

Caves?

Mm-hmm.

I put 'em in caves.

Can you lead us to 'em?

Oh, yeah, I know where they at.

Tight this way, gentlemen.

It ain't not much further.

A little way.

Now watch your step.

It's kind of steep right here.

Most their clothes is off.

Their clothes is off.

Move it, Ballard.

All right.

Come on, boy.

I'm moving.

God damn, you ever see

anything to beat this?

I used to run around in these

old caves when I was a boy.

Yeah, so did I.

I never knowed about this one.

Okay.

It's right this way.

Hurry it up, Ballard.

Okay, right this way, everybody.

Everybody just watch your step.

This is a nasty path.

Oh, it's real steep.

Move it, boy.

It is a little bit up here.

Watch him.

Watch him.

Oh, it's right this way.

It's right this way.

Hey, hold on.

Hey!

Ballard!

Ballard!

Get on up in there, Tommy.

I'm going.

- Get after him.

- F***!

Is he there?

- Oh, sh*t!

- What?

Ballard! Ballard!

Where is he?

Where is he?

That little son of a b*tch!

He's f***ing gone.

Go get up there then!

Go!

- I can't get through the hole!

- Oh, sh*t!

Who's the smallest?

Fred, I reckon.

Fred, get on up in there.

Come on, come on, come on.

Go, go.

Can you see him?

Can you see his light?

Can't see not a goddamn thing!

Somebody go get Jimmy.

He can get up in there.

Jimmy!

Ballard!

Ballard!

Okay.

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James Franco

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, filmmaker, and college instructor. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in live-action films such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Pineapple Express (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), This Is the End (2013), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him. Franco is also known for his work on television; his first prominent acting role was the character Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He also portrayed the title character in the television biographical film James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award. Franco had a recurring role on the soap opera General Hospital (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016). He also stars in the David Simon created HBO drama The Deuce (2017–present). Franco volunteers for the Art of Elysium charity, and has also taught film classes at New York University, the University of Southern California, UCLA, Studio 4, Palo Alto High School, and Playhouse West. Several of his former students from Studio 4 and Playhouse West have stated that Franco had behaved in inappropriate or sexually exploitative ways while serving as their teacher. more…

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