An American Crime

2007 · 97 min · EN · R · 7.3 (797 votes)

Dir. Tommy O'Haver · Starring Catherine Keener, Elliot Page, James Franco, Bradley Whitford, Ari Graynor, Nick Searcy · Music Alan Ari Lazar

“The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.”

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The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

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This film is a profoundly disturbing and harrowing descent into human cruelty, unfolding with relentless, grim realism. It's a dread-soaked true crime drama that leaves an unsettling, tragic impression, exploring themes of abuse and complicity with stark intensity. Not for the faint of heart.

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