The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song

Name: The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song
Genre: Drama

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2012

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Muscle locks his mother up in a room to keep her from drinking until she falls and hurts herself. The desperate move unearths a past full of violence and abuse.

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

[It] feels unclassifiable: a documentary as allegory, but mostly a record of a love story between a filmmaker and her subjects, struggling with the cages of intimacy and cruelty that shape their lives.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 18, 2013

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Garland somehow manages to let everybody keep their dignity in her sometimes disturbing look at a Guyanese family ...

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 17, 2013

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Chase Whale

Film Threat

The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song is one the most melancholic and poignant true stories ever told.

Rated: A+

Dec 3, 2012

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Christy Garland

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Christy Garland

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Margarete Jangård

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Chris Bennett

Producer

Louise Køster

Producer

Daniel Iron

Executive Producer

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Muscle locks his mother up in a room to keep her from drinking until she falls and hurts herself. The desperate move unearths a past full of violence and abuse.

Director: Christy Garland
Producer: Christy Garland, Margarete Jangård, Chris Bennett, Louise Køster
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English

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