The world offered no forgiveness. The Beans offered no apologies.
The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlene lives across the street from the Bean's trailer, and the view from her window is better than any daytime television soap opera; especially Beal Bean, and especially Beal Bean shirtless. When Reuben Bean is sent to prison for resisting arrest for out-of-season deer hunting, Beal takes up with Reuben's woman Roberta. He also has a child by Earlene, with a triangle of sex complicated by poverty.
Carolyn Chute
Writer
Jennifer Warren
Director
Martha Plimpton
Earlene Pomerleau
Kelly Lynch
Roberta Bean
Rutger Hauer
Rueben Bean
Patrick McGaw
Beal Bean
Jennifer Warren
Cop #1
Jeff Steitzer
Warren Olsen
Richard Sanders
Lance Robinson
Ariana Lamon-Anderson
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
The Safety of Objects65%
Lucky Them60%
The Trials of Cate McCall63%
Holy Lands61%
Strange Weather58%
The Poker House62%
Iron Jawed Angels67%
Hellion58%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
Hounddog64%
Mammal63%
Hands of Stone66%
Lorelei59%
A Dry White Season67%
Goodbye June65%
The Unforgivable74%
Tuesday67%
Not Without Hope64%
El Chicano66%
