Bright Leaves

(2004)

★ 7 IMDb · 16 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2004

Runtime: 108 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Ross McElwee

Cast: Ross McElwee, Brian Baucom, Susan Bennett, Ed Bivens, R. Bullock, Jack Clayton, Mary Clayton, Marian Fitz-Simmons, Alan Gurganus, Steve Herman

Plot

Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use, while comparing his filmmaking to commercial cinema, represented by Bright Leaf, a melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz in 1950, starring Gary Cooper, apparently based on the life of his great-grandfather.