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12/10/2014 Drama 1h 49m
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Some loves can never let go.

Overview

North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George’s hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pemberton’s passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning.

  1. Susanne Bier

    Director

  2. Christopher Kyle

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Bradley Cooper

    George Pemberton

  2. Jennifer Lawrence

    Serena Pemberton

  3. Rhys Ifans

    Galloway

  4. Toby Jones

    Sheriff McDowell

  5. Blake Ritson

    Lowenstein

  6. Sean Harris

    Campbell

  7. Sam Reid

    Vaughn

  8. Charity Wakefield

    Agatha

  9. Douglas Hodge

    Horace Kephart

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2025-05-19
**_Tragic tale of a timber baron and his new wife in North Carolina, 1929-1930_**

As The Depression sets-in, Pemberton (Bradley Cooper) brings his wife to his logging ranch in the Smokey Mountains (Jennifer Lawrence) and she has no problem proving her mettle with the guys. She settles in, but treachery soon manifests.

Shot in the spring of 2012, "Serena” wasn’t released until 2.5 years later in 2014-2015. It was inspired by the 2008 novel, but is different enough that the two have to be viewed as separate entities in order to appreciate the movie. Here, Serena is mentally unstable an...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$30,000,000.00

Revenue
$5,092,129.00

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