Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

11/09/2020 (US) • 1h 57m

Drama

Inspired by a true story three generations in the making.

Overview

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

Top Billed Cast

Amy Adams

Beverly "Bev" Vance

Glenn Close

Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance

Gabriel Basso

J.D. Vance

Haley Bennett

Lindsay Vance

Freida Pinto

Usha Chilukuri

Owen Asztalos

Young J.D. Vance

Stephen Kunken

Phillip Roseman


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

child abuse

based on novel or book

heroin

drug addiction

american dream

overdose

kentucky

ohio

yale university

drug rehabilitation

hillbilly

based on memoir or autobiography

single mother

teenage boy

law student

grandmother

appalachian

1990s

appalachian mountains

mother son relationship

traditional family

mother son estrangement

childhood memory

small town life

negative

absurd

egotistical

hilarious

melodramatic

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