“Monster's Ball” quotes
(2001)
Marc Forster
directed this movie
in 2001
Title Monster's Ball
Year 2001
Director Marc Forster
Genre Drama, Romance
Year 2001
Director Marc Forster
Genre Drama, Romance
Plot – In a provincial town in the deep south of the United States, Hank is a white prison guard who leads a black man to execution in the penitentiary. Hank's son Sonny is a prison guard too, but he cannot manage the tension and the conflict between his father and his grandfather as they have racist and dull ideals. Sonny commits suicide, meanwhile Leticia, the sentenced's beautiful wife, tries to overcome some difficulties with Lawrence, her teenage obese son. Lawrence is hit by a hit-and-run driver and dies. Hank assists to his death and decides to take care of Leticia.
All actors – Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Heath Ledger, Amber Rules, Peter Boyle, Charles Cowan Jr., Taylor LaGrange, Mos Def, Anthony Bean, Francine Segal, John McConnell, Marcus Lyle Brown, Milo Addica, Leah Loftin, Coronji Calhoun, Sean Combs, Larry Lee, Troy Poret, Paul Smith, Marshall Cain, Will Rokos, Anthony Michael Frederick, John Wilmot, Dennis Clements, Stephanie Claire, James Haven, Ritchie Montgomery, Clara Hopkins Daniels, Carol Sutton, Bernard Johnson, Jeanette Kontomitras, Earl Maddox, T.J. Toups
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“You ain't no man till you split dark oak.”
“- Hank Grotowski: I wanna take care of you.
- Leticia Musgrove: Good. Cuz' I need to be taken care of.”“I've always believed that a portrait captures a person far better than a photograph. It truly takes a human being to really see a human being.”
“- Ms. Guillermo: You must love him very much.
- Hank Grotowski: No, I don't. But he's my father. So, there it is.”
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