Wildcat

Wildcat

2024 · 108 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama

Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief.

Directed by Ethan Hawke · Written by Shelby Gaines

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Maya Hawke Flannery O'Connor
Laura Linney Regina O'Connor
Philip Ettinger Robert 'Cal' Lowell
Rafael Casal O.E. Parker
Willa Fitzgerald Elizabeth Hardwick
Liam Neeson Father Flynn
David Towne Buzz Cut
Steve Zahn Tom T. Shiftlet
Cooper Hoffman Manley Pointer
Nikola V. Pajic Thomas
Caisey Cole Jean
Wilson Conkwright Walter

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