Hounddog
Russian title: Затравленная
Original title: Hounddog
Original title: Hounddog
Drama – USA
Production year: 2006
Movie length: 103 minutes
Production year: 2006
Movie length: 103 minutes
Movie description:
The film focuses on the trials and tribulations of a Southern farm girl’s last summer of pre-teen childhood.
Lewellen lives with her stern, religious grandmother, Grammie, who has taken it upon herself to raise the girl, as neither of Lewellen’s parents can provide her a stable home. Her father loves her and tries to please her, giving her gifts such as Elvis Presley records. Although he battles with alcoholism, he tries his best to give Lewellen a stable home. He even tries to provide a motherly figure in Lewellen’s life by dating a mysterious girlfriend, Ellen, who promised one night to rescue Lewellen from life in the rural South should the relationship falter.
Lewellen is able to maintain her innocence by finding consolation in playing with her best friend Buddy, engaging in typical outdoor rural pastimes such as swimming in the pond and exploring the woods, meeting a new friend, Grasshopper, while spending the summer with her grandparents. Lewellen is enchanted by her idol Elvis Presley, who is making a homecoming tour in the South. Her town is one of the venue stops. Lewellen finds that singing Elvis’ music is a way to channel her trauma into something constructive and creative. Charles acts as a mentor, imparting aspects of his snake handler religion to explain this emotional channeling to her; i.e., how to create something positive out of something venomous and deadly.
Lewellen is challenged by many problems besides living in a »broken home«. Ellen leaves one day and breaks Lewellen’s heart, burdening her with a responsibility to be a »mother« despite not having one herself. Her father suffers a terrible accident, and is handicapped to the point of infantile retardation, but the thought of Elvis coming to town gives her the resolve to carry on despite this newest of many unfortunate circumstances. She was raped by Wooden’s Boy. This series of events causes pain which slowly builds up like venomous poison, represented by nightmares that are slowly killing Lewellen and manifesting physical symptoms, such as vomiting during church. Her caregivers, Charles and Grammy, are stressed by her sudden slide from a once happy girl to a paralyzed, and possibly dying, bedridden girl.
Enraged by hearing the cause of Lewellen’s descent into figurative hell, Charles resolves to rescue his young friend from the depths of despair and tries to help her reclaim her stolen voice. He nurses her back to life.
Lewellen lives with her stern, religious grandmother, Grammie, who has taken it upon herself to raise the girl, as neither of Lewellen’s parents can provide her a stable home. Her father loves her and tries to please her, giving her gifts such as Elvis Presley records. Although he battles with alcoholism, he tries his best to give Lewellen a stable home. He even tries to provide a motherly figure in Lewellen’s life by dating a mysterious girlfriend, Ellen, who promised one night to rescue Lewellen from life in the rural South should the relationship falter.
Lewellen is able to maintain her innocence by finding consolation in playing with her best friend Buddy, engaging in typical outdoor rural pastimes such as swimming in the pond and exploring the woods, meeting a new friend, Grasshopper, while spending the summer with her grandparents. Lewellen is enchanted by her idol Elvis Presley, who is making a homecoming tour in the South. Her town is one of the venue stops. Lewellen finds that singing Elvis’ music is a way to channel her trauma into something constructive and creative. Charles acts as a mentor, imparting aspects of his snake handler religion to explain this emotional channeling to her; i.e., how to create something positive out of something venomous and deadly.
Lewellen is challenged by many problems besides living in a »broken home«. Ellen leaves one day and breaks Lewellen’s heart, burdening her with a responsibility to be a »mother« despite not having one herself. Her father suffers a terrible accident, and is handicapped to the point of infantile retardation, but the thought of Elvis coming to town gives her the resolve to carry on despite this newest of many unfortunate circumstances. She was raped by Wooden’s Boy. This series of events causes pain which slowly builds up like venomous poison, represented by nightmares that are slowly killing Lewellen and manifesting physical symptoms, such as vomiting during church. Her caregivers, Charles and Grammy, are stressed by her sudden slide from a once happy girl to a paralyzed, and possibly dying, bedridden girl.
Enraged by hearing the cause of Lewellen’s descent into figurative hell, Charles resolves to rescue his young friend from the depths of despair and tries to help her reclaim her stolen voice. He nurses her back to life.
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