USA,
1991, 93 min
Directed by:
Peter MastersonCinematography:
栗田豊通Composer:
Peter Rodgers MelnickCast:
Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas, James Earl Jones, Calvin Levels, John McConnell, Carlin Glynn, Lance E. Nichols, Carol Sutton, Mel Winkler, Gary Swanson (more)VOD (1)
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In rural Texas 1902, 13-year-old Horace (Haas) toils on a run-down plantation to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll (Duvall), the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation, has yet to pay the boy a pennyof the money he owes him. But on Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, hemakes a grand promise forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society. (official distributor synopsis)
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