When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered a stroke at a sperm bank where he's been secretly donating his seed for the past 25 years, she leaves her sheltered world and starts off on a journey to find his eldest biological son - a mullet-headed, foul-mouthed ex-con with whom she develops an odd but meaningful relationship.
Acting
Rachael Harris's transformation from doormat to force of nature
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness against itself
Costume
Linda's escalating rebellion through wardrobe choices
Director
Robbie Pickering
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rachael Harris based Linda's physicality on women she observed at Texas megachurches, particularly their tension between performed sweetness and barely contained rage.
The film premiered at SXSW 2011 and became a sleeper hit partly because evangelical audiences saw themselves in the satire while secular audiences saw anthropology.
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