Black Snake Moan Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A blues guitarist, abandoned by his wife, tries to redeem the soul of a girl addicted to sex in a rural town.

Plot

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Plot

There was a time when Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) played the blues; a time he got Bojo's Juke Joint shakin' back in the day. Now he lives them. Bitter and broken from a cheating wife and a shattered marriage, Lazarus' soul is lost in spent dreams and betrayal's contempt…Until Rae (Christina Ricci).

Half naked and beaten unconscious, Rae is left for dead on the side of the road when Lazarus discovers her. The God-fearing, middle-aged black man quickly learns that the young white woman he's nursing back to health is none other than the town tramp from the small Tennessee town where they live. Worse, she has a peculiar anxiety disorder. He realizes when the fever hits, Rae's affliction has more to do with love lost than any found. Abused as a child and abandoned by her mother, Rae is used by just about every man in the phone book. She tethers her only hope to Ronnie (Justin Timberlake), but escape to a better life is short-lived when Ronnie ships off for boot camp. Desperation kicks in, as a drug-induced Rae reverts to surviving the only way she knows how, by giving any man what he wants to get what she needs…Until Lazarus.

Refusing to know her in the biblical sense, Lazarus decides to cure Rae of her wicked ways – and vent some unresolved male vengeance of his own. He chains her to his radiator, justifying his unorthodox methods with quoted scripture. Preacher R.L. (John Cothran) intervenes, but it is Lazarus and Rae who redeem themselves. Unleashing Rae emotionally, Lazarus unchains his heart, finding love again in Angela (S. Epatha Merkerson). By saving Rae, he frees himself.

Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Black Snake Moan.

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  Samuel L. Jackson

  The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Cleaner

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  Christina Ricci

  Alpha and Omega, The Smurfs 2

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  John Cothran

  Nomads

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  Justin Timberlake

  The Social Network, In Time

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  S. Epatha Merkerson

  Tyler Perry Presents Peeples, Radio

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  Michael Raymond-James

  Sweet Girl, The Finest Hours

Crew Behind the Film

The Black Snake Moan behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Craig Brewer last directed Coming 2 America and Dolemite Is My Name. The film's writer Craig Brewer last wrote Footloose and Hustle & Flow.

Director

Craig Brewer

Screenwriter

Craig Brewer

Producers

Stephanie Allain
John Singleton

Production Details

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Production Updates for Black Snake Moan

Dec 2004

Completed

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