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Director
  
Allison Anders

Music director
  
Sonic Youth

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

7.2/10
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Genre
  
Drama, Music

Screenplay
  
Allison Anders, Kurt Voss

Language
  
English

Things Behind the Sun movie poster
Writer
  
Allison Anders
,
Kurt Voss

Release date
  
January 24, 2001 (2001-01-24)

Cast
  
Aria Alpert
(Violet),
Ruben Anders
(Carlos),
Rosanna Arquette
(Pete),
Owen Butler
(Young Owen),
Caitlin Caldwell
(Girl at House),
Don Cheadle
(Chuck)

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A rock journalist (Gabriel Mann) arranges a meeting between a traumatized singer (Kim Dickens) and the sleazy man who raped her.

Contents

Things Behind the Sun is a 2001 film starring Kim Dickens and Gabriel Mann and directed by Allison Anders. Its title is taken from a song by Nick Drake.

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.

Plot

Owen, a young reporter for a Los Angeles-based music magazine, goes back to his Florida hometown to interview Sherry, a local rock singer. Sherry and her band are becoming increasingly popular, largely because of a song she wrote about being sexually assaulted as a girl; this song has become a hit on college radio. Owens reasons for returning to his hometown are more than professional, however: he and Sherry were close friends in childhood. Through flashbacks, the movie recalls Owens memory of a critical moment in that past.

In the end, Owen informs his brother Dan that he sent the details of the crime committed to Dans parole officer and also to his editor. In addition, he also describes his own role in the crime - he participated in a gang-rape he was unable to prevent. Owen is able find some of the twelve girls who were raped and convinces them to testify against Dan. When Dan vehemently asks why Owen is doing this, Owen replies that he once loved Sherry.

Cast

  • Aria Alpert - Violet
  • Ruben Anders - Carlos
  • Rosanna Arquette - Pete
  • Mitchell Boshnack - Cape Canaveral Police Officer #1
  • Owen Butler - Young Owen
  • Caitlin Caldwell - Girl at House
  • Don Cheadle - Chuck
  • Gill Cordell - AA Secretary
  • Justin DePrume - Young Dan
  • Kim Dickens - Sherry
  • Hal Dion - Public Defender
  • Brittany Renee Finamore - Young Sherry
  • Alison Folland - Lulu
  • Jessie Gelaznik - Magazine Intern / L.A. Club Band: Cowboys and Indians
  • Jade Gordon - Sam
  • Gabriel Mann - Owen
  • Shawn Reaves - Tex
  • Patsy Kensit - Denise

    • Film Festivals

  • 24 January 2001 at the Sundance Film Festival
  • 28 April 2001 at the Los Angeles Film Festival
  • 7 July 2001 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

    • Awards

  • 2002 won the Peabody Award
  • 2002 nominated for Best Television Feature or Miniseries at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards
  • 2002 nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie at the Emmy Awards
  • 2002 nominated for Best Feature, Best Female Lead, & Best Supporting Male at the Independent Spirit Awards

    • References

    Things Behind the Sun Wikipedia
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    Things Behind the Sun IMDb Things Behind the Sun themoviedb.org