The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)

96 min · Drama, drama film, romance film, teen film

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Directors

Udayan Prasad

Cast

Maria Bello, William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne, Kaori Momoi, Ashlynn Ross

The story

After being released from prison after six years, ex-convict Brett Hanson becomes lost in a new and unfamiliar world of freedoms and responsibilities. Struggling to reconcile himself with his disastrous past, he embarks on a journey to his home of south Louisiana to reunite with the ex-wife, May, who he left behind. Along this journey, he meets two teenagers: Martine, a troubled 15-year-old who has just escaped her family, and Gordy, a geeky outcast desperately seeking acceptance.

Catalogue themes and tags

2000s, Entlassung, Freedom, Freundin, Gefängnis, Gegenwart, Imprisonment, Jugendschwarm, Louisiana, Love of One's Life, Lovestory, Prison Sentence, Pärchen, Token of Love, Unrequited Love, Young Love, häftlinge, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Drama, Indie, Film adaptation

Genres

Drama, drama film, romance film, teen film

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