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Twenty years after the accident that claimed his son's life and permanently injured his wife, a man returns to his home in search of redemption.Twenty years after the accident that claimed his son's life and permanently injured his wife, a man returns to his home in search of redemption.Twenty years after the accident that claimed his son's life and permanently injured his wife, a man returns to his home in search of redemption.
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Chrystal is a movie that just won't leave you alone after you've seen it. It takes its time and burrows under your skin. Scenes take on a feeling of real time not 'reel time'. Directed by supremely talented Ray McKinnon, produced by McKinnon and Lisa Blount who completely possesses the title role, this film is a haunting look at what happens to people who will not and in fact, cannot put their overwhelming and powerful feelings into words. Someone once said, "There are rooms of experience that you and I will never enter." Well, that may be true in most cases, but McKinnon and his cast take you into one of these rooms and leave you there long enough so that you won't soon forget it. Balanced skillfully between moments that will make you twist and turn in your seat and moments of unexpected levity, this dark, Gothic Southern tale of loss leads to a strange kind of redemption. It will raise questions long after you leave the cinema. And how many movies these days do that? Don't miss it. It's a jewel.
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Miss Mabel: So what brings you here, Chrystal?
Chrystal: I don't know.
Miss Mabel: Well, let's just take a look.
- SoundtracksMOONSHINER
Traditional
Arranged and Performed by Roscoe Holcomb
From Roscoe Holcomb - The High Lonesome Sound, SF40104
Provided by Smithsonion Folkways Recordings
Copyright 1998
Used by Permission
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $80,858
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,814
- Apr 10, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $80,858
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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