Synopsis
Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief.
Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2023
Stockholm International Film Festival 2023
Cast and Crew
Cast: Maya Hawke, Laura Linney, Philip Ettinger, Rafael Casal, Willa Fitzgerald, Liam Neeson, David Towne, Steve Zahn, Cooper Hoffman, Nikola V. Pajic, Caisey Cole, Wilson Conkwright, Christine Dye, LaKeta Caston, George Sheanshang, Alessandro Nivola, Matthew Kimbrough, Demetrius T. Wheeler, Mehmet Can Aksoy, Daniel R. Hill
Writers: Shelby Gaines (Writer), Ethan Hawke (Writer)
Cinematographer: Steve Cosens
Production Designer: Sarah Young, Stephen Manka
Editor: Barry Poltermann
Sound Designer: Ron Bochar, Derek Sepe
Composer: Latham Gaines, Shelby Gaines
Costume Designer: Amelia 'Amy' Andrews
Direction team: Sophia Weathersby (Second Assistant Director), SB Weathersby (First Assistant Director)
Producers: David J. Kingland, Gregory Daniel King, Joanna Niedzielska
Production: Good Country Pictures, Under the Influence Productions, Renovo Media Group, Kingdom Story Company