Lawless
Released Date
August 29, 2012
Distributor
The Weinstein Company
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$37,400,127 + $18,004,080 = $55,404,207
$37,400,127 + $18,004,080 = $55,404,207
About Lawless
Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.
About
The film follows three bootlegging brothers during the Prohibition era. When they don't give the cops a cut of their money, their business is in trouble.
Trivia
The film is based on Matt Bondurant's novel The Wettest County in the World. The movie was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or award.