Jesus' Son (1999) (original) (raw)

A gentle and usually mellow young man, who sometimes knows things before they happen and gets vibes of premonition, tell us his story: how he met Michelle in Iowa in 1971, how he got the name of FH, their falling in love and how she introduced him to heroin, his thieving, his hospital work and their time in Chicago when she gets pregnant, detox, going to Phoenix, AA meetings and a dance, working at a care center where he learns to touch the residents, and modifying his daily schedule so that he passes a neighboring Mennonite household at the right time to hear the wife sing Gospel songs in ...(more)

A gentle and usually mellow young man, who sometimes knows things before they happen and gets vibes of premonition, tell us his story: how he met Michelle in Iowa in 1971, how he got the name of FH, their falling in love and how she introduced him to heroin, his thieving, his hospital work and their time in Chicago when she gets pregnant, detox, going to Phoenix, AA meetings and a dance, working at a care center where he learns to touch the residents, and modifying his daily schedule so that he passes a neighboring Mennonite household at the right time to hear the wife sing Gospel songs in the shower. Slowly, very slowly, FH lets his gifts emerge. (less)

Director: Alison Maclean
Starring: Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Mark Webber, Jack Black, Denis Leary

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