Movie
Levity
Overview
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-03-16
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sony Pictures Classics, StudioCanal, FilmColony, Echo Lake Entertainment, entitled entertainment, Revelations Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America, France
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton as Manuel Jordan
- Morgan Freeman as Miles Evans
- Holly Hunter as Adele Easley
- Kirsten Dunst as Sofia Mellinger
- Manuel Aranguiz as Senor Aguilar
- Geoffrey Wigdor as Abner Easley
- Luke Robertson as Young Abner Easley
- Dorian Harewood as Mackie Whittaker
- Catherine Colvey as Claire Mellinger
- Billoah Greene as Don
- Sadiki Burke as Sadiki
- Abede Burke as Abede
Crew
- Ed Solomon - Director
- Ed Solomon - Writer
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