Although we would call BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD fantastical realism, it’s entirely from the very real point of view of the lead character Hushpuppy, a fiercely independent and resolute six year old. And if you can think back to when you were a kid and you were scared of that monster under your bed, you REALLY believed there was a monster under your bed, no? Well that’s Hushpuppy’s world – as adults we are simply peaking in and making judgments about it.
For Hushpuppy, (played by the non-actor and incredibly gifted Quvenzané Wallis) the end of the universe – in the shape of a southern Delta hurricane and brought on by her father’s sudden and unnamed illness – is actually coming.

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