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''Ain't Them Bodies Saints'' is a 2013 American romantic crime drama film written and directed by David Lowery. The film stars Casey Affleck as Bob Muldoon, Rooney Mara as Ruth Guthrie and Ben Foster as Patrick Wheeler. Bob (Affleck) and Ruth (Mara) are a couple who get caught up in criminal activities and are caught, with Bob taking the blame and going to prison. The film follows the events after the criminal activities as Ruth gives birth to their daughter, and the two live comfortably. When the child is around 4, Bob escapes from jail and goes looking to reconnect with his family. The film debuted at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Cinematography Award in the U.S. Dramatic Category and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It was selected to compete in the International Critics' Week section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in theaters on August 16, 2013. The film was met with positive reviews with critics praising its original take on the Bonnie and Clyde archetype, and commending its style and western iconography influences. It garnered numerous critical awards and nominations, being listed in the top ten films of 2013 by many domestic and international film publications. The film flopped, however, at the box office. ==Plot== Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara) is walking across a field and is followed by Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck). Bob tries to dissuade Ruth from leaving him to return to her mother's, but Ruth is adamant. She then reveals that she is angry at Bob because he supposedly told Freddy (Kentucker Audley) that he was going to 'strike out on his own'. Bob reassures her that this isn't the case, that he meant the both of them. They reconcile and Ruth reveals she is pregnant. Later that night Bob and Freddy commit a crime while Ruth waits in the getaway car. A police task force including Patrick Wheeler (Ben Foster) goes in pursuit of the culprits and a gunfight ensues, during which Freddy is fatally shot and Ruth grievously shoots Patrick. Bob concocts a plan to take the fall for shooting Patrick and the crime committed earlier so that Ruth can raise their child in freedom. Bob and Ruth surrender their weapons. They are apprehended and Bob jailed. Ruth tells Skerrit (Keith Carradine), the father of their deceased accomplice, Freddy, that she is going to wait for Bob. Bob writes several letters to Ruth while he is in jail, promising to be back with her and their child soon, and admonishes her to write to him. Their letters are always read by officials before they are passed on to either Ruth or Bob. Meanwhile, Ruth gives birth to their daughter, Sylvie (Kennadie Smith & Jacklynn Smith). Years pass as Ruth and Sylvie live a normal life in the small town of Meridian, Texas. Patrick, who does not know it was Ruth that actually shot him, notices Ruth and Sylvie around town, but Ruth avoids any contact with him. One day, Patrick makes a visit to Ruth's residence and tells her that Bob has escaped from prison. The local detective (Steve Jiminez) questions Ruth as to Bob's whereabouts, and Ruth tells him that Bob has not come to visit her and that he will not come back for her and their daughter. Meanwhile, Bob is traversing the state of Missouri in order to escape the authorities. He coerces a woman to drive him to a location and then gets a train back to Texas. In Texas he procures the help of his friend Sweetie (Nate Parker). Sweetie asks Bob how he got out, and Bob tells Sweetie that he just walked out and purports to have a higher calling to life and that prison is not part of that calling. Three bounty hunters, led by an individual called Bear (Charles Baker), visit Skerrit's hardware store and make general inquiries about the town. Patrick visits Ruth to return her letters. He tells her that she should move to a safer place until the situation passes, which Ruth takes to mean as until Bob is caught. Bob visits Skerrit at his hardware store. Skerritt informs Bob that there are many people who want him dead and that Bob needs to stay away from Ruth and Sylvie. Patrick visits Sweetie's establishment, asking if he has seen Bob. As they go upstairs, Sweetie tries to warn Bob of the approaching policeman by talking loudly and making a show of trying to open the door to the room Bob is staying in. Bob escapes but leaves behind a photo of Ruth and Sylvie. Sweetie accounts for it by saying it was something Ruth had sent him to pass on to Bob. On the day of Sylvie's birthday party, Patrick gives Sylvie a guitar. While talking with Sylvie at the party, Patrick learns that Ruth has been planning a trip with Sylvie. Bob arrives at the house but notices Patrick and subsequently leaves. Bob returns to the original shootout location and encounters the bounty hunters. They immediately fire their weapons at him and he manages to kill one of them during a struggle. He shoots another when he attempts to drive away, but he is also seriously wounded. He does get away but is chased by the third. Bob coerces a driver, Will (Rami Malek), to drive him back to Ruth's house. Will tries to tell Bob that he should be taken to a hospital but Bob refuses, insisting to be taken to Ruth's house. Sylvie wakes up to find her mother sleeping on the sofa in the arms of Patrick. Patrick smiles at her and she smiles back. They are startled by gunshots outside. Patrick runs out to investigate and finds the third bounty hunter, engaged in a shootout with Skerrit. Patrick shoots the bounty hunter dead and goes to see if Skerrit is okay. He finds that Skerrit is fatally wounded. Ruth and Sylvie are taken to the police station for questioning and safekeeping. When Patrick returns them to their home, they find the front door open and Patrick goes in to investigate, finding a grievously wounded Bob. Ruth follows Patrick into the house and stops Patrick from approaching Bob. Ruth tends to Bob, and Sylvie enters to see her father dying in the arms of her mother. Patrick takes Sylvie back outside and comfort hers, while her parents exchange a few last words. ==Cast== * Casey Affleck as Bob Muldoon * * Bob Muldoon is an outlaw who takes the blame when his pregnant wife wounds a local sheriff during a showdown with police. On the run after escaping from prison, he is determined to reunite with his wife and the four-year-old daughter he has never met. * Rooney Mara as Ruth Guthrie * * Ruth Guthrie is the childhood partner of Casey Afflecks Bob Muldoon. She wounds a Sheriff but escapes jail when Bob takes the blame for her, allowing her to raise their daughter in peace. When Bob escapes, fresh scrutiny is placed upon her, with the authorities hoping that she will lead them to Bob. * Ben Foster as Patrick Wheeler * * Ben Foster plays a Sherriff who gets shot by Ruth, but like everyone else believes it was Bob who shot him. He takes an interest in Ruth and starts to develop feelings for her, while at the same time assisting in the investigation and search for the missing Bob. * Keith Carradine as Skerritt * * Skerritt is Ruth’s next-door neighbor and Bob’s surrogate father. He buys Ruth and her daughter a house next to him so that he can look after them. A former criminal himself, having taught Bob everything he knows, Skerritt finds it hard to fully disassociate himself from his past life. When visited by the three bounty hunters, he tells them to leave town and leave Ruth & her daughter alone. * Charles Baker as Bear * * Bear is the leader of a group of bounty hunters who travel to Bob's home town in order to join the search to find him and collect the reward. He is represented as the symbolic adversary of Bob Muldoon. * Nate Parker as Sweetie * * Bob's childhood friend, Sweetie helps Bob out in evading the police so that he can get back to Ruth and his child despite being targeted and watched by the local police force. He is the owner of the bar that is frequented by many of the characters in the film, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ain't Them Bodies Saints」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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