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Joe (2014)
★ 6.5 · 1,030 ratings on TMDB
One man's past. One boy's future.
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
DirectorDavid Gordon Green
CastAaron Spivey-Sorrells, Adriene Mishler, Brenda Isaacs Booth, Dana Freitag, Gary Poulter, Heather Kafka
GenresDrama
The emergence reading
Joe keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
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