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Hesher
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
2010 · Directed by Spencer Susser · 106 min · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 8 frames
Tagline
Sometimes life gives you the finger and sometimes it gives you...
Plot
Following the loss of his mother in a car crash, high school freshman T.J. and his father fall into depression. T.J. becomes obsessed with the car his mother died in and follows it when it is towed away. He and his passive, pill-taking father Paul live with T.J.'s grandmother Madeleine, where they are soon joined by a squatter, Hesher, a vulgar, foul-mouthed heavy metal-loving lout with no concern for social conventions.
Dustin, a bully from the towing service, finds his car vandalized and blames T.J., who is saved by Nicole, a grocery store clerk. Hesher witnesses Dustin attacking T.J. at school, but does nothing. Later, Hesher sets Dustin's car on fire, leading to police questioning T.J. T.J. spies on Nicole at the grocery store, as he likes her. When she causes a fender-bender, Hesher comes to her rescue.
That night, T.J. and Paul get into an argument. Hesher bonds with Madeleine and says he will join her on her morning walk, but the next morning, he finds her dead. The death affects all three men in the house and Hesher storms out. T.J. takes money to buy his parents' car back, but it is gone. He decides to give the money to Nicole for her financial troubles, but finds her in her apartment, having sex with Hesher. He damages Hesher's van in response and yells that he does not want to see either of them again.
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Crew
- Written by: Spencer Susser, David Michôd
- Cinematography: Morgan Susser
- Edited by: Michael McCusker, Spencer Susser
- Music: François Tétaz
- Production design: Laura Fox
- Produced by: Johnny Lin, Win Sheridan, Lucy Cooper, Natalie Portman
Cast
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Hesher
- Natalie Portman as Nicole
- Devin Brochu as T.J.
- Rainn Wilson as Paul Forney
- Piper Laurie as Madeleine Forney
- John Carroll Lynch as Larry
- Helen Slayton-Hughes as Mrs. Rosowski
- Monica Staggs as Mom
- Frank Collison as Funeral Director
- Paul Bates as Mr. Elsberry
Production
- Country: Taiwan, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Handsomecharlie Films, American Work, Corner Store Entertainment, The Last Picture Company
- Budget: $7,000,000
- Box office: $449,702
- Themes: clerk, loss of loved one, briefs, duringcreditsstinger, young girl
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