As I Lay Dying
Film - International Independents Filmfest 2013

As I Lay Dying

Directed by James Franco

Info

Director: James Franco
Section: International Independents
Country: USA
Year: 2013
Language: English
Version: Original version with German subtitles
Cast: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McBride, Jim Parrack, Ahna O’Reilly
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

As I Lay Dying

Based on the 1930 classic by Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

"The story opens with Anse's wife Addie dying, and the need to get her to burial in a far-off town. Things go from bad to worse, then from worse to catastrophic, or nearly so. Along the delayed way, during which Addie's corpse is rotting, horses and legs are lost, a barn is burned, a daughter is forced into sexual favors in return for an abortion – now there's some dark irony for you – and one son is arrested."
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Meet the director

James Franco

Credits

Screenplay: James Franco, Matt Rager, Original von / by: William Faulkner
Director of Photography: Christina Voros
Film Editor: Ian Olds
Production Designer: Kristen Adams
Costume Design: Caroline Eselin-Schaefer
Producer: Lee Caplin
Production Company: Millennium Films
Co-Producer: Matt O’Toole, Rob van Norden, Caroline Aragon, Miles Levy, Vince Jolivette
Distributor: Polyband Medien GmbH