Serena
North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George’s hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pemberton’s passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning.
Synopsis
North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George’s hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pemberton’s passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning.
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Directed by Susanne Bier
Jennifer Lawrence
Serena Pemberton
Bradley Cooper
George Pemberton
Rhys Ifans
Galloway
Toby Jones
Sheriff McDowell
Blake Ritson
Lowenstein
Sean Harris
Campbell
Sam Reid
Vaughn
Charity Wakefield
Agatha
Douglas Hodge
Horace Kephart
Kim Bodnia
Abe Hermann
Ana Ularu
Rachel
David Dencik
Buchanan
Ned Dennehy
Ledbetter
Christian McKay
Banker in Boston
Bodil Jørgensen
Mrs. Sloan
Michael Ryan
Coldfield
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Release
2014
Runtime
102 min
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