The devil made me do it. After being honourably discharged from the Navy Elvis Valderez returns to him hometown of Corpus Christi in Texas in the hope of finding his father whom he has never met. He soon discovers that he is the pastor of a local Baptist church and married with children. Serving as a reminder of his wayward past Elvis' father rejects him. However Elvis' half-sister and he begin a relationship that leads to tragic consequences.
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Drama starring Gael Garcia Bernal and William Hurt. Elvis (Bernal) is a handsome and charismatic 21-year-old just out of the US Navy. He returns to his father's sleepy Texan hometown dreaming of some kind of reconciliation, having been abandoned by the man as a child. But Pastor David (William Hurt) has a new family - wife Twyla (Laura Harring) and teenage children Malerie (Pell James) and Paul (Paul Dano) - and is in no mood to confront his past mistakes, so he callously rejects Elvis again. This flippant act of cruelty unleashes a tragedy of truly biblical proportions, as Elvis begins to make his way into the family, seducing Malerie.
Gael Garcia Bernal (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) may posses the rugged good looks of a classic screen star but he continues to dodge Hollywood instead choosing to follow his own idiosyncratic path with movies like THE KING Bernal stars as Elvis Valderez a recently discharged Navy recruit who travels to Corpus Christi Texas to track down the father he's never met But when he finds him Elvis is in for a shock; his father David Sandow (William Hurt who surely based his performance on the all-too-real John Mark Byers from PARADISE LOST) is the leader of a Baptist congregation in Corpus Christi and has instilled strong Christian values in all of his family David wants the rogue-like Elvis to steer clear of his flock perhaps fearing that he'll reveal long-buried secrets about David's past But when the ex-Navy man sees his father's daughter 16-year-old Malerie (Pell James) he longs to form a romantic bond with her Initially unaware that Malerie is his half-sister Elvis continues to pursue her even when he discovers their family relationship leading to smalltown tumult with plenty of unexpected twists in the plot Despite having only one prior film to his name (the wonderfully gloomy documentary WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP) director James Marsh pulls some great performances from Bernal and Hurt and beautifully captures the dazzling sunlit countryside of this small Texan outpost Indeed cinematographer Eigil Bryld--who also worked with Marsh on his previous film--plays a big part in setting the tone of the movie with his stark use of colour which is well matched by an accomplished script from Milo Addica (MONSTER'S BALL)
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