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2021 film by Aharon Keshales

South of Heaven
A woman and a man holding a firearm sit on a bench.Theatrical release poster
Directed byAharon Keshales
Written by
Story by
  • Aharon Keshales
  • Navot Papushado
Produced by
  • Roger Birnbaum
  • Chadd Harbold
  • Aharon Keshales
  • Dallas Sonnier
  • Amanda Presmyk
  • Navot Papushado
Starring
CinematographyMatt Mitchell
Edited byBryan Gaynor
Music byDavid Fleming
Production
companies
  • Arts District Entertainment
  • Swiss Avenue Pictures
  • Media Finance Capital
  • Good Wizard
Distributed byRLJE Films
Release date
  • October 8, 2021 (2021-10-08)
Running time120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million

South of Heaven is a 2021 American crime film directed by Aharon Keshales and co-written by Keshales, Navot Papushado, and Kai Mark. The film stars Jason Sudeikis, Evangeline Lilly, Mike Colter, Shea Whigham, Jeremy Bobb, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Michael Paré and Amaury Nolasco, and follows a recently paroled man (Sudeikis) whose plans to marry his terminally ill fiancée (Lilly) are halted by a corrupt parole officer (Whigham) and a local crime boss (Colter). It was released in the United States on October 8, 2021, by RLJE Films, to mixed reviews.

Plot

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Cast

Production

In November 2019, it was announced Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly had joined the cast of the film, then titled Till Death, with Aharon Keshales directing from a screenplay by Keshales, Navot Papushado and Kai Mark. In January 2020, it was announced Mike Colter, Shea Whigham, Jeremy Bobb, Michael Paré and Amaury Nolasco had joined the cast of the film.

Filming occurred in Texas in March 2020. The film cost $3 million and was shot in 25 days.

Release

The film was released in the United States on October 8, 2021, by RLJE Films. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 48% of 44 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "For those willing to suspend belief, Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lily may make this descent into gruesome violence slightly less hellish, but South of Heaven is no promised land." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 42 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. It won five of seven nominations at the AFIN International Film Festival: Best Feature Film, Best Director for Keshales, Best Actor for Sudeikis (Whigram was also nominated), Best Actress for Lilly, and Best Young Artist for Mixson, in addition to being nominated for Best Ensemble Cast.

References

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  5. Grater, Tom (January 17, 2020). "'Evil' Star Mike Colter Joins Jason Sudeikis & Evangeline Lilly In Thriller 'Till Death'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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  7. Weintraub, Steven (October 14, 2021). "South of Heaven Director Aharon Keshales on Mixing Tone and Genres, Casting Jason Sudeikis, and How Evangeline Lilly Improved the Script". Collider. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  8. Staff, Times (August 26, 2021). "Virtually every movie coming to theaters or streaming this fall". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  9. "South of Heaven". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  10. "South of Heaven". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  11. "2021 Nominees & Finalists". October 18, 2021. Archived from the original on November 16, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  12. "Thank you AFIN film festival for honoring SOUTH OF HEAVEN with 5 awards". Retrieved November 29, 2021.

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