As I Lay Dying (2013) on Netflix
Addie Bundren, a mother in a poor Mississippi family, has died. Her family sets out to bury her in Jefferson, her home town, traveling two days by horse and wagon.
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Plot summary
The Bundren family of Mississippi is poor, and its matriarch, Addie Bundren, has died. Her last wish was to be buried in Jefferson, her home town, and the family sets out to honor it. The trip to the burial ground is made by horse and wagon and takes two days. Strife and disaster befall the family along the road to Jefferson.
Cast
- Jennifer Kristen Howellas Cora Tull
- Natalie Mintonas Kate Tull
- Kenny Cookas Grummet
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about As I Lay Dying (2013)
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- William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying was described as impossible to turn into a film because its story comes through many narrative voices, 15 narrators across 59 chapters. James Franco met the challenge by rendering that polyphonal scheme through camera edits, dialogue and voice-overs.
