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Desert Son

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Phillip's stepfather abandons him in the desert, and the boy survives with two orphans named Jack and Lucy in an old mining town. Jack grows jealous of the bond between Phillip and Lucy and leads them back to civilization by committing increasingly dangerous crimes, until the unthinkable happens and the group violently unravels.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 6, 2020
3.5/4.0
James Mann's script is almost relentlessly harsh. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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James Mann

Director

Brandon Nicholas

Director

John Bain

Phillip

Nathan Halliday

Jack

Bill Oberst Jr.

Step Dad

Erica Curtis

Lucy

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Desert Son

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Movie Info

Synopsis Phillip's stepfather abandons him in the desert, and the boy survives with two orphans named Jack and Lucy in an old mining town. Jack grows jealous of the bond between Phillip and Lucy and leads them back to civilization by committing increasingly dangerous crimes, until the unthinkable happens and the group violently unravels.
Director
James Mann, Brandon Nicholas
Producer
James Mann, Brandon Nicholas, Jennava Laska
Screenwriter
James Mann
Production Co
Camera Experiment, Aurora Features
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
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