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Telling Ree's tale, the film details a dirt-poor Missouri Ozarks meth plagued community in which the 17-year-old holds her siblings together thanks to a drug-dealing absent father and mentally ill mother.

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Ree's blog had readers returning for months to read serial installments of her tale of romantic love.

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The story is told entirely from Ree's point of view; she's never off the screen, which is a tough gig for any actor.

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Q: Over the course of the film, different parts of Ree's character become clear to the viewer.

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Granik's brilliant film proves otherwise, with Ree's domestic entrapment adding to the sense of menace.

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But still, despite Ree's new book, memoirists most often turn to other loves for their material: family, home, food, pets, work, travels.

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The film, a semi-autobiographical account of Ms. Ree's life, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this past January.

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Threaded through that blog story, of course, was conflict: between Ree's love for city and her love for the man, who lives in the country -- way out in the country!

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Q: What did you work out about Ree's relationship with her father?

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We enter Ree's life as the sheriff drives onto property that seems a burial ground for cars, tires and lost souls.

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