+ Best Louisiana Movie of the Year
+ Best Debut Movie of the Year
9 year-old lead Quvenzhané Wallis on the poster for Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild |
The girl Hushpuppy has no mother, and her father is a sick drunk. They live in sheds in 'the Bathtub' outside New Orleans, when hurricane Katrina arrives and floods everything.
He wrote the screenplay with Lucy Alibar, based on her play Juicy and Delicious. Zeitlin also co-composed the film's strong, ethereal score, with Dan Romer (Beasts of No Nation (2015)), which also deserves praise.
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a miracle of a film, which exemplifies the possibilities of independent filmmaking in today's world. It combines fascinating, simple child beliefs with dysfunctional climate and emergency policies and the indomitable American spirit. The film is swelling with emotion and sympathy for its troubled characters, who manage in spite of conditions. Beasts of Southern Wild is among the year's best films and a surefire masterpiece.
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Watch the incredible trailer here
Budget: 1.8 mil. $
Box office: 21 mil. $
= Huge hit
What do you think of Beasts?
Have you seen Zeitlin's shorts and if so, how are they?
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