IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,9/10
2428
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.
- Auszeichnungen
- 17 Gewinne & 21 Nominierungen
Neil Pettigrew
- Dispatcher
- (Synchronisation)
Sanjib Shrestha
- Dr. Shrestha
- (as Dr. Sanjib Shrestha)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesMicheal J. Smith Sr. (who plays Lawrence) had to be persuaded to make the film as he had no interest in such things. In real life, he works for the Public Services Commission in Yazoo City, Mississippi and was discovered attending his local church.
- SoundtracksI'll Wait For Jesus
Traditional
Arranged by Clora T. Handy & Ann Nichols
Performed by The Canton Gospel Chorus
Courtesy of Talk of the Town Records
Ausgewählte Rezension
Carefully crafted character study
I first became interested in Ballast when I heard about its setting: it's very rare to find a film set in the Mississippi Delta. It's also quite rare to find a serious drama with mostly black characters. I was afraid that this would either be a sappy melodrama or an attempt to make some "profound" point about how racism exists and is, like, bad and stuff. Thus I was quite pleased to find that this film manages to have a uniquely Southern setting without resorting to clichés or caricatures and that making some grand social statement is evidently the last thing on the mind of first time director Lance Hammer. Instead, we have a deliberately paced character study with a nicely handled mise en scene.
The film opens with the attempted suicide of Lawrence, a shopkeeper distressed over the (extremely) recent death of his twin brother/partner/only friend. Lawrence's recovery is complicated by his brother's will which indicates that the recently deceased man's ex-wife and teenage son are entitled to his share of the store and part of the property the brothers had co-habitated. Things start off tense due to the boy's involvement with some disreputable older boys that he owes money and stay that way due to Lawrence's troubled partnership with the boy's mother. This is a quiet, contemplative film for the most part and it offers no easy resolutions. Instead, it manages to realistically capture some unique characters in a woefully ignored section of American society.
The film opens with the attempted suicide of Lawrence, a shopkeeper distressed over the (extremely) recent death of his twin brother/partner/only friend. Lawrence's recovery is complicated by his brother's will which indicates that the recently deceased man's ex-wife and teenage son are entitled to his share of the store and part of the property the brothers had co-habitated. Things start off tense due to the boy's involvement with some disreputable older boys that he owes money and stay that way due to Lawrence's troubled partnership with the boy's mother. This is a quiet, contemplative film for the most part and it offers no easy resolutions. Instead, it manages to realistically capture some unique characters in a woefully ignored section of American society.
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- timmy_501
- 13. Nov. 2009
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Details
Box Office
- Budget
- 700.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 77.556 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 8.572 $
- 5. Okt. 2008
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 81.864 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 36 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.35 : 1
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