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Monster's Ball (2001)
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All I wanna hear is dirt hit that box
A dysfunctional family of Georgia rednecks. Pop and two sons who have spent their lives a prison guards. Pop Buck (Peter Boyle) is a hard case redneck whose wife left him by committing suicide. #1 son Hank (Billy Bob Thorton) learned his racist beliefs at pop's knee. The other son Sonny (Heath Ledger) is hated by Pop because he takes after his mother.
Hank is worried that Sonny won't be able to do his job in an upcoming execution. He falls for the executed cop-killer's wife (Halle Berry). The deeper their relationship becomes, the more he begins to hate his father for his beliefs. He is changing, and can no longer face the evil in his house.
We can overcome loneliness and suffering only through each other. The humanist drama of Monster's ball, though raw and sometimes painful, is powerful in that it reinforces the message that we are all in this life together and need to help each other through it.
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