Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)






The six-year-old girl Hushpuppy lives with her father Wink in a forgotten bayou cummunity, called the Bathtub, cut off from civilisation by a levee. A huricane submerges the Bathtub, and the villagers find their home flooded. To stop the flooding Wink destroys the levee. This act attracts the attention of the government who forcibly relocate the residents of the Bathtub. The villagers escape from the relief centre and return to their sodden homes. After a quarrel, Hushpuppy leaves to search for her mother. After a journey where she meets a mother substitute she returns home just in time to see her father die.

Nominated for four Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director - Benh Zeitlin
Best Actress - Quevenzhané Wallis
Best Adapted Screenplay - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin



Articles on Beasts of the Southern Wild

Scott Foundas, Louisiana Story, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3 (May/June), 2012 pp. 24-27

Wild aces, in: Empire, nr. 278 (August), 2012 pp. 32

Heidi Strobel, Der Katastrophe ins Auge sehen, in: Filmdienst, nr. 1 (3. Januar), 2013 pp. 19-21

Reviews

Nick Pinkerton, Beasts of the Southern Wild, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 11 (November), 2012 pp. 82-83

Damon Wise, Beasts of the Southern Wild, in: Empire, nr. 281 (November), 2012 pp. 44

Andreas Busche, Beasts of the Southern Wild, in: epd Film, nr. 12, 2012 pp. 42

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Year: 2012
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 2125435