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A simple man. A difficult choice.
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Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
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Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton, Barry Markowitz, Amber Ayub
Produced by: David L. Bushell, Larry Meistrich, Brandon Rosser
Composed by: Daniel Lanois
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