All the Little Animals

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-07-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2192 Reviews)

Director:

Jeremy Thomas

Genres:

Adventure Drama Thriller

Cast:

John Hurt Christian Bale Daniel Benzali James Faulkner

Writer:

Eski Thomas (screenplay)

Walker Hamilton (book)

Fullplot:

Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man's apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and Bobby's world explodes into a grotesque nightmare.

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