Electrick Children (2012)

Directed by

Rebecca Thomas

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film, magic realist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 133 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 15 year old girl from a strict Mormon community in Utah believes she became pregnant by listening to a cassette tape song. She sets out to find the musician and discover the truth about her situation.

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What happens

Electrick Children is a 2012 American independent coming of age drama film written and directed by Rebecca Thomas in her directorial film debut and starring Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, and Liam Aiken. Garner plays Rachel, a 15-year-old girl from a fundamentalist Mormon community in Utah. After learning that she is pregnant, she believes she has conceived miraculously through listening to a song on a cassette tape. In writing the script, Thomas drew inspiration from the story of the Virgin Mary, her research on fundamentalist Mormon communities, and her own upbringing. She originally intended to produce the film on a $25,000-budget and hire her family and friends to work on the cast and crew, but when the budget was raised to $1 million she was able to hire professional actors. Filming took place over 25 days in Utah and Nevada in late 2011. Electrick Children premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2012, and was released in the United States on March 8, 2013. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and Thomas and Garner received several accolades for their work on the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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