“The Sun Never Sets” on Male Fragility
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Them That Follow (2019)
A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret that threatens to tear the church apart: her romantic past with a nonbeliever, Augie. As Mara’s wedding to a devoted follower looms, she must decide whether or not to trust the steely matriarch of their community, Hope, with her heart and life at stake.
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A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret that threatens to tear the church apart: her romantic past with a nonbeliever, Augie. As Mara’s wedding to a devoted follower looms, she must decide whether or not to trust the steely matriarch of their community, Hope, with her heart and life at stake.
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Genre:Thriller
Written By:Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage
In Theaters:8/2/2019
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Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Amasia Entertainment, G-BASE
Cast
Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage
Director
Alice Englert
Mara Childs
Walton Goggins
Lemuel Childs
Thomas Mann
August "Augie" Slaughter
Olivia Colman
Hope Slaughter
Kaitlyn Dever
Dilly Picket
Jim Gaffigan
Zeke Slaughter
Lewis Pullman
Garret Booner
Annie Tedesco
Connie Ray
Brooks Roseberry
Jed
Katherine DeBoer
Bridgette
Royce Joseph
Church Member
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