Lawless
Lawless
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Lawless (2012)

R (US) | USA | English | 116 min
Directed by: John Hillcoat
7.2

In 1931, in Franklin County, Virginia, Forrest Bondurant is a legend as immortal after surviving the war. Together with his brothers Howard and the coward Jack, the Bondurant family has a distillery and bootlegging business. When the corrupt District Attorney Mason Wardell arrives in Franklin with the unscrupulous Special Deputy Charles Rakes, the Bondurant family refuses to pay the required bribe to the authorities. Rakes pursues the brothers and unsuccessfully tries to find their distillery. Meanwhile Forrest hires the waitress Maggie, a woman with a hidden past in Chicago, and they fall in love with each other. Jack courts the preacher's daughter Bertha Minnix and deals a great load of alcoholic liquor with the powerful gangster Floyd Banner. Jack shows off in Franklin attracting the attention of Rakes that finds the location of their distillery. When he kills the crippled Cricket Pete, the locals join forces to face the corrupt authorities.

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Release Date

France
(Cannes Film Festival) (premiere)
2012-05-19
UK
(Edinburgh International Film Festival)
2012-06-29
Czech Republic
(Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
2012-07-02
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Lawless
(Original title)
Los ilegales
Argentina
Lawless
Australia
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Moderate
Violence & Gore
Severe
Profanity
Moderate
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Moderate
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Moderate