The Journey of August King is a 1995 American drama film directed by John Duigan based on the 1971 novel of the same name by John Ehle, who also wrote the screenplay. It stars Jason Patric and Thandie Newton .

August King, a widower, is on his way home after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need for the coming year. On his journey, he comes upon a 17-year-old runaway slave and he he must decided to violate the law and help her get to freedom or leave her to be hunted down and ultimately returned to her master.

剛直的男主是北卡羅萊納德國移民後代，本片算得上是半個公路電影，生命究竟有多貴重？ 奧古斯特失去了一切，但他從救助女奴這回事獲得了從妻子尋死後難得的心靈安寧。 從兩人彼此鬥嘴的部分上，能看到些許情愫存在。 奥古斯特斜倚在篝火旁，腿上搭着一条毯子，右手摆弄着小猪的耳朵，眼神若有所思，望着马车上睡着的女孩…… 奥古斯特平凡而震撼人心的农夫. 牛没了…猪没了…鹅没了…马车没了…这个叙事逻辑真的好格林童话哈哈. 剧情一般，风景很美，露营🏕的今天 …

August King, a widower, is on his way home after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need for the coming year. On his journey, he comes upon a 17-year-old runaway slave and he he must decided to violate the law and help her get to freedom or leave her to be hunted down and ultimately returned to her master.

The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home as he does every year after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need to survive the winter.

John Duigan’s “The Journey of August King” tells the story of a lonely man, returning to his rural home from the market, who encounters an escaped slave woman and decides to help her. He tells her what he is doing is “against the law,” but he does it anyway, in part because of guilt over a dead wife he was unable to help, and in part ...

In the spring of 1815, nearly forty years after the Revolutionary War and 45 years before the Civil War, August King travels to an open air market in the mountains of North Carolina to purchase supplies and livestock and to make the final payment …

1971年1月1日 · The Journey of August King is a story about right and wrong; about truth, half-truths and lies; a story about freedom and what constitutes freedom; betrayal and longing; and about courage and the importance of self-determination. Whom do we owe? Ourselves, our past, our society, our God?

The Journey of August King: Directed by John Duigan. With Jason Patric, Thandiwe Newton, Larry Drake, Sam Waterston. A multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in April 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need for the coming year.

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