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Fish Tank
Why this pick
Its volatile teenage heroine navigates neglect, exploitation and a cramped working-class world with the same raw, unsentimental intimacy and fiercely protective survival instinct.
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MOVIE2008 1h 33m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film focuses on one single day in the life of three abused and neglected sisters, Agnes (age 14) (Jennifer Lawrence), Bee (age 12) (Sophi Bairley), and Cammie (age 8) (Chloë Grace Moretz). Their mother, Sarah (Selma Blair), a woman who has turned to prostitution to support the girls, is forced into alcohol and drug abuse by her pimp, Duval (Bokeem Woodbine). Because of this, Sarah is unable to care for the girls, forcing Agnes into a position of being a mother to her two younger sisters. The three girls live in the mother's whorehouse, the Poker House, where neighborhood pimps and criminals gather to play poker, as well. Agnes believes Duval loves her, as a boyfriend would, despite his abuse towards her mother.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jennifer Lawrence
Agnes
Selma Blair
Sarah
Chloë Grace Moretz
Cammie
Natalie West
Dolly
David Alan Grier
Stymie
Danielle Campbell
Darla
Bokeem Woodbine
Duval
Casey Tutton
Sheila