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Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides Savannah's markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.

Top Cast

  • Jim Caviezel

    Jim Caviezel

    Ward Allen

  • Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Christmas Moultrie

  • Jaimie Alexander

    Jaimie Alexander

    Lucy Stubbs

  • Bradley Whitford

    Bradley Whitford

    Jack Cay

  • Sam Shepard

    Sam Shepard

    Mr. Stubbs

  • Tracey Walter

    Tracey Walter

    Mathias

  • Jack McBrayer

    Jack McBrayer

    Sir Graham

  • Hal Holbrook

    Hal Holbrook

    Judge Harden

  • Simone Griffeth

    Simone Griffeth

    Mrs. Stubbs

Overview

Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides Savannah's markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.

Rating

6.1 / 10
33 Reviews
1 Popular

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An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

Departure

6.3 2016