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Ballast(Movie, 2008)

1h 36min | Genre: Drama
BallastRating: 3.5/5 (with 1212 votes)
Ballast is a 2008 film directed by Lance Hammer. It competed in the Dramatic category at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography. The film received six nominations at the 24th Independent Spirit Awards. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Ballast

Directing Award Dramatic

About Ballast

A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an emotionally devastated highway store owner, awakening the fury of a bitter and longstanding conflict.

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Additional Information

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Mississippi
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), Hebrew (HE), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/19/2008
Director: Lance Hammer
Screenwriter: Lance Hammer
Film Editor: Lance Hammer
Director of Photography: Lol Crawley

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