Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief.
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Maya Hawke as Flannery O'Connor
Laura Linney as Regina O'Connor
Philip Ettinger as Robert "Cal" Lowell
Rafael Casal as O.E. Parker
Willa Fitzgerald as Elizabeth Hardwick
Liam Neeson as Father Flynn
David Towne as Buzz Cut
Steve Zahn as Tom T. Shiftlet
Cooper Hoffman as Manley Pointer
Nikola V. Pajic as Thomas
Caisey Cole as Jean
Wilson Conkwright as Walter
Christine Dye as Duchess
LaKeta Caston as Sullen Woman
George Sheanshang as Claud Turpin
Alessandro Nivola as John Selby
Matthew Kimbrough as Doctor Block
Demetrius T. Wheeler as Emmanuel
Mehmet Can Aksoy as Jesus
Daniel R. Hill as Tattoo Artist
Jan Falk as Mrs. Freeman
Connor Lysholm as Ping Pong Opponent
Owen Phillips as Diner Boy
Chaney Morrow as Scoundrel
Amelya Hensley as Marriage License Woman
Vincent D'Onofrio as Sheriff
Kevin Downes as Fighting Couple Man
Brittany Gillstrap as Piano Player
Father Matthew Hardesty as Priest
Levon Hawke as Convict
Joseph Perkins as One Armed Man
Bill Lobley as Trailer VO
Ty Jones as Additional VO
Jessie Clark as Church Choir
Christianne Maserson as Church Choir
Mary Parkinson as Church Choir
Regina Pimental as Church Choir
Jacob Watson as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
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