Red Dirt (film)

Tag Purvis

The film centers on Griffith Dan Montgomery, Jr. who has lived all his life in the fictional town of Pine Apple, Mississippi. He spends most of his time barefoot on the red dirt and has a hobby of tracing the epitaphs on headstones. He was orphaned as a child when his parents drowned inside their car in the river under mysterious circumstances. He was raised by his eccentric Aunt Summer Karen Black and his Uncle Charlie.Summer is mentally unstable and agoraphobic, apparently a result of the death of Griffiths parents. She and her only other living sister, Lynn Thomas Peg OKeef, have avoided each other for years for unknown reasons. Charlie who died of cancer when Griffith wasonce regularly sent Summer off to a mental asylum, being unable to deal with her eccentric behavior. She resumed living in the house after Charlies death, cared for by Griffith and the family matriarch, Lily Mae. ........

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