The Better Angels 2014 Movie

The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality. More details

Directors

A.J. Edwards

Cast

Jason Clarke Diane Kruger Brit Marling Wes Bentley

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biography drama history illiteracy storytelling rural setting family relationships tragic event mother son relationship cousin cousin relationship u.s. president voice over narration farm axe chopping wood father son relationship girl peeling a potato ox drawn plow ox reading a book hoe plowing a field hand sowing seeds reference to noah candle lantern quill pen spinning wheel praying mantis book husband wife relationship prayer reference to god food eating brother sister relationship father daughter relationship mother daughter relationship dog feeding a dog embroidery snow memory looking out a window turkey the bird game playing teenage boy kentucky swimming prawn swimming in underwear swinging on a rope and jumping into water woods bare chested boy fence american indian native american reference to henry clay handstand whistling lying on the ground clothesline illness campfire dead cow plague death flickering light poison wheat mlk sick garden ill mother fireplace mouth harp shushing thunder mother touches son's face dying coffin building a coffin burial shovel forest rain scythe cutting wheat gunshot rifle hunting uncle nephew relationship corn horse horse riding poverty abandoned by father raccoon turtle fawn tea kettle sleeping icicle reverend ribbon shoulder yoke for carrying buckets letter despair cold the temperature crying boy horse and wagon stepmother stepson relationship furniture pipe smoking brook bathing in a brook bucket basket cleaning widow fear loom owl stepsister stepsister relationship dress balancing a book on the top of one's head marriage death in childbirth death of sister brushing one's hair trinket switch whipping whipping marks on back chopping down a tree climbing a tree walking on a fallen tree balancing on a fallen tree bare feet singer singing talking to oneself playing fetch with a dog dead raccoon discipline punishment whipping dead husband washing someone's feet loneliness sadness reference to the pilgrim's progress ghost apparition church building a church candle lighter tolling bell church bell sermon dancer dancing natural water slide snapping turtle wading in water suspenders wrestling fight hand shadow puppet tannery sleeping on the ground chain gang bare chested male black american african american school ringing a bell classroom one room schoolhouse teacher lord's prayer education reference to nebuchadnezzar learning to read learning to write reference to th adventures of robinson crusoe the novel reference to delaware reference to pennsylvania reference to new jersey reference to georgia reference to connecticut reference to massachusetts reference to maryland u.s. map reference to south carolina child running backwards falling to the ground race carrying someone piggy back reference to jesus christ bible reading aloud reading the bible aloud reference to john the baptist parable broken buck's horn hanging against a wall honesty lie reference to spencer county kentucky backwoodsman immigration fiddle fiddler running cheerfulness tutor picking corn teaching wrestling boy lifted into the air climbing a mountain plane the tool coin finding a coin pride father son embrace chicken stepmother steoson embrace hide and seek locust illinois easter year 1865 flash forward rolling downhill abraham lincoln georgian era regency era handshake touching a flame well worry lincoln memorial blind man's bluff game indiana log cabin boy life of celebrity before becoming famous cabin in the woods may pole upward camera shot year 1817 death of mother death of father

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