Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
Inspired by a true story three generations in the making.
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
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Amy Adams
Beverly "Bev" Vance
Glenn Close
Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
Gabriel Basso
J.D. Vance
Haley Bennett
Lindsay Vance
Freida Pinto
Usha Chilukuri
Bo Hopkins
Papaw
Owen Asztalos
Young J.D. Vance
Jesse C. Boyd
Matt
Stephen Kunken
Phillip Roseman
Keong Sim
Ken
Morgan Gao
Travis
Ethan Suess
Chris
Keywords
Based on novel or bookMother son relationshipAmerican dreamBased on memoir or autobiographyAppalachianAppalachian mountains1990sSingle motherDrug addictionTeenage boyChild abuseHillbillyKentuckyDrug rehabilitationLaw studentOverdoseHeroinGrandmotherOhioYale universityTraditional familyMother son estrangementChildhood memorySmall town lifeTimeframe 1990s
