WINTER'S BONE

english below

Naar aanleiding van onze speciale screening van LEAVE NO TRACE vertonen we tevens Debra Graniks WINTER'S BONE. Ook wel de film die Jennifer Lawrence bekendmaakte bij het grote publiek. In de bergen van Ozark vecht tiener Ree om haar huis en familie te beschermen. Wanneer de vader van Ree vlucht voor de politie en verdwijnt, breekt Ree de regels van hun gesloten gemeenschap door toch op zoek te gaan naar haar vader. Mocht Ree hem niet vinden, dan belandt het gezin op straat.

“Winter’s Bone is a quiet, subtly observed movie that immerses us in another culture. Clearly the director finds these characters sympathetic, but she invites us to make of them what we will. Nobody, however, could fail to respond to the fortitude, resilience and decency of Ree, so wonderfully embodied by Jennifer Lawrence. Nor will they feel anything but cheered when she is finally rewarded at the end of her harrowing journey.”
Philip French, The Guardian

Amerikaans filmmaker Debra Granik zoekt in haar werk naar bijzondere mensen die niet binnen de grenzen van de conventionele maatschappij passen. De focus op deze personages leidt tot ruwe verhalen die gevat worden in naturalistische beelden, waar het landschap en de mens onlosmakelijk verbonden zijn. Graniks interesse in het leven aan de rand van de samenleving resulteerde in het Oscargenomineerde WINTER'S BONE. Een schrijnend verhaal over een tienermeisje dat de strijd aangaat met armoede, verslaving en verlies in de bergen van Missouri.

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This film is in English with Dutch subtitles.

In light of our special screening of LEAVE NO TRACE, we also screen Debra Granik’s WINTER’S BONE, the movie that shot Jennifer Lawrence to fame with an Oscar nomination. In the Ozark mountains, teenager Ree fights to keep her house and family safe. When Ree’s father goes on the run from police and disappears, Ree breaks the rules of the closed-off community by looking for him. If Ree doesn’t find him, her family will end up homeless.

“Winter’s Bone is a quiet, subtly observed movie that immerses us in another culture. Clearly the director finds these characters sympathetic, but she invites us to make of them what we will. Nobody, however, could fail to respond to the fortitude, resilience and decency of Ree, so wonderfully embodied by Jennifer Lawrence. Nor will they feel anything but cheered when she is finally rewarded at the end of her harrowing journey.”
Philip French, The Guardian

In her work, American filmmaker Debra Granik searches for extraordinary people who don’t fit within the limits of conventional society. The focus on these characters leads to rough stories, captured in naturalist images where nature and people are intrinsically linked. Granik’s interest in life at the edge of society resulted in the Oscar nominated WINTER’S BONE, a poignant story about a teenage girl who battles poverty, addiction and loss in the mountains of Missouri.