Joe (2013)

Directed by

David Gordon Green

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 1,043 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tormented man gives a 15-year-old boy a job and protects him from the boy's violent alcoholic father. Their bond grows in a harsh rural community.

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What happens

Joe is a 2013 American independent Southern Gothic crime drama film directed and co-produced by David Gordon Green, co-produced by Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng and Christopher Woodrow and written by Gary Hawkins, based on Larry Brown's 1991 novel of the same name. It stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan, revolving around a tormented man who hires a 15-year-old boy and protects him from his abusive father. The film premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2013, with a subsequent screening at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was then distributed in limited theatrical release by Lionsgate Films on April 11, 2014. It received positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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