Back Roads

A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.

Cast

Alex Pettyfer

as Harley Altmyer

Jennifer Morrison

as Callie Mercer

Nicola Peltz Beckham

as Amber Altmyer

June Carryl

as Betty

Juliette Lewis

as Bonnie Altmyer

Tom Everett Scott

as Brad Mercer

Danika Yarosh

as Ashlee

Robert Patrick

as Chief Mansour

Sky Elobar

as Church

Chiara Aurelia

as Misty Altmyer

Reviews

Wuchak

_**Gloomy and painful drama about a fudged-up family in the Eastern sticks**_ After a mother (Juliette Lewis) goes to prison for shooting her husband in a backwater town in the Eastern USA, a young man (Alex Pettyfer) has to forsake college and take care of his three younger sisters, including a ...

guns.razors.knives

The emotional weight of this movie is impeccable, for the two oldest Altmyer children, in your mind you know that they are commiting acts out of the ordinary and may be frowned upon, but considering the fact that they are products of their not-so-sweet upbringing, you can't help but think of nothing...

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