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Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

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Inspired by a true story three generations in the making.

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Ron Howard
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    Beverly "Bev" Vance Amy Adams
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    Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance Glenn Close
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    J.D. Vance Gabriel Basso
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    Lindsay Vance Haley Bennett
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    Usha Chilukuri Freida Pinto
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    Papaw Bo Hopkins
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    Young J.D. Vance Owen Asztalos
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    Matt Jesse C. Boyd

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  • heroin
  • drug addiction
  • american dream
  • overdose
  • kentucky
  • ohio
  • yale university
  • drug rehabilitation
  • hillbilly
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • single mother
  • teenage boy
  • law student
  • grandmother
  • appalachian
  • 1990s
  • appalachian mountains
  • mother son relationship
  • traditional family
  • mother son estrangement
  • childhood memory
  • small town life
  • negative
  • absurd
  • hilarious