Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

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Anney is a woman who has a lot of pride. She doesn't want her daughter Ruth Anne, nicknamed 'Bone' to be known as a bastard child, because the father up and left her, before the baby was even born. She marries the perfect man when Bone is around three, but he dies in a terrible accident, leaving her child fatherless again. Now Anney has two children, and no father or husband, so her brother sets h... read more

Bastard out of Carolina is a 1996 film made by Showtime Networks, directed by Anjelica Huston. It is based on a novel by Dorothy Allison and adapted for the screen by Anne Meredith. Jena Malone stars as a poor, physically abused and sexually molested girl.