Beasts of the Southern Wild

Film School

English - May 17, 2022 02:19 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
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Once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub.

It was an indie darling that went all the way to a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Benh Zeitlin's debut feature, set loosely in the New Orleans south around the hurricane, really has its beating heart in 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis, the sweet, moral, defiant Hushpuppy.