Child of God (2013) on Netflix
In 1950s Sevier County, Tennessee, Lester Ballard loses his parents and his home. Dispossessed, violent and with few other ties, he tries to live outside the social order.
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- Netflix2.4/5
- IMDb5.4/104,618 votes
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Plot summary
Set in the mountains of Sevier County, Tennessee, in the 1950s, the story centers on Lester Ballard. He is a violent, dispossessed man who has been deprived of his parents and of his homes in succession, and he has few other ties. A narrator describes him as a child of God. His attempt to exist outside the social order goes badly, and he sinks toward the life of a cave dweller, deeper into crime and degradation.
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- Elena McGheeas Lady In White
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Child of God (2013)
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SPOILER
The film changes Cormac McCarthy's novel ending: Lester Ballard dies in a mental hospital in the book, but in the film he escapes a lynching mob through tunnels and walks through Tennessee fields.
