Child of God
- language: English
- director: James Franco
- actor: Fallon Goodson James Franco Jeremy Ambler Jim Parrack Scott Haze Tim Blake Nelson Vince Jolivette
Synopsis:
Based on the acclaimed 1973 Cormac McCarthy novel, “Child of God” takes place in 1960s Tennessee, where Lester Ballard is a dispossessed, violent man. Deprived first of his family and then his home, Ballard descends literally and figuratively to the level of a cave dweller, falling deeper into a disturbing life of crime and degradation.
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