After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.
Acting
Lawrence's eyes do what pages of dialogue couldn't.
Cinematography
Missouri winter as hostile architecture.
Direction
Granik trusts audiences to read silence.
Director
Debra Granik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Granik cast locals as extras; their wardrobes are their own. That authenticity cost the production exactly $0.
The 'help me' scene was shot in one take. Lawrence later said she genuinely didn't know if Hawkes would cooperate.
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