Ten Thousand Saints

Ten Thousand Saints is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. It is based on the novel of the same name by Eleanor Henderson. The film stars Asa Butterfield as Jude KeffyHorn, the protagonist of the story. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2015.

Sixteenyearold Jude KeffyHorn Asa Butterfield is living in Vermont with his adoptive mother, Harriet Julianne Nicholson and adoptive sister, Prudence Nadia Alexander. In December 1987, Jude and his best friend, Teddy Avan Jogia, bus down to New York City where Judes father, Les Ethan Hawke, lives. Jude and his father have a tumultuous relationship due to the fact that Les left Jude when he was younger. Teddy and Jude meet Eliza Hailee Steinfeld, whose mother, Di, Emily Mortimer is dating Les. Teddy and Eliza have a falling out over the topic of Les, and Jude leaves the party they are attending. Teddy and Jude find an empty car and talk then Teddy goes back inside to the party. Jude is found by the owners of the car who beat him up and leave him in the snow. Eliza introduces Teddy to cocaine and the pair snort some before having sex in the bathroom and leave. Eliza goes back home while Teddy, who finds Jude, heads back to Vermont with Jude. The pair pass out in the snow outside of Harriets house. Harriet awakens to find Jude unconscious and Teddy dead. Eliza is given the duty of contacting Teddys halfbrother, Johnny Emile Hirsch, who becomes enraged and blames Jude for Teddys death.When Eliza tells Johnny she is pregnant, he proposes that they tell their parents that the baby is his, after an old tradition that says after a man dies, the brother will take care of the family, and because hes blood. The couple marry in a traditional Hindu ceremony since a marriage license requires parental consent. They borrow Les van, and take Eliza to stay with Harriet while the band goes on tour, with Jude taking the place of Rooster on guitar. While on tour, Jude overhears a phone call between Johnny and Rooster, and learns they were in a relationship. They come back from tour, and Johnny goes back to New York City. Later, Eliza confides in Jude that she believes Johnny is seeing someone else, and Jude loses his virginity to Eliza. ........

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