Beasts of the Southern Wild
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Beasts of the Southern Wild is a 2012 independent fantasy drama film that follows a young girl named Hushpuppy in a storm-ravaged Louisiana bayou community, blending magical realism with themes of resilience and environmental catastrophe.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy drama film
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film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination |
Best Actress
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Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Best Director ⓘ Best Picture ⓘ |
| award | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Juicy and Delicious
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play by Lucy Alibar ⓘ |
| castMember |
Dwight Henry
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Quvenzhané Wallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Wink NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy | Dwight Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ben Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Benh Zeitlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Affonso Gonçalves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalAward | Caméra d'Or NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalAwardedAt | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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fantasy ⓘ magical realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hushpuppy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Benh Zeitlin
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Dan Romer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration by Hushpuppy ⓘ |
| notableFact | Quvenzhané Wallis became one of the youngest Best Actress nominees in Academy Awards history for this film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Dan Janvey
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Josh Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Gottwald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Cinereach
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Court 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ Journeyman Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Quvenzhané Wallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2012-01-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 93 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Benh Zeitlin
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Lucy Alibar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Louisiana bayou
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fictional community called the Bathtub ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
community
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environmental catastrophe ⓘ father–daughter relationship ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
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