Back Roads (2018)

Directed by

Alex Pettyfer

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

18A

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in rural Pennsylvania raises his three sisters after their mother goes to prison for killing their father. He struggles to keep the family together and deal with the fallout.

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What happens

Back Roads is a 2018 American drama film directed by Alex Pettyfer in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Tawni O'Dell and Adrian Lyne was adapted from O'Dell's bestselling novel of the same name. Starring Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison, Nicola Peltz, Robert Patrick, and Juliette Lewis, the film centers on a young man living in the Pennsylvania backwoods who must care for his three younger sisters after his mother is arrested for murdering his father. Back Roads premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. It received a limited release in the United States on December 7, 2018, and was later released on video on demand and digital. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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