MONSTER’S BALL Closing Night Gala

MONSTER’S BALL is a hard-hitting Southern drama tempered by a story of powerful, life-changing love. Hank, an embittered prison guard working on Death Row in rural Georgia, begins an unlikely but emotionally charged affair with Leticia, the wife of a man he has just executed. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry and Sean Combs, MONSTER’S BALL also features Heath Ledger and Peter Boyle in supporting roles. Boyle plays Hank’s bigoted, aging father,w hose hatred seems to have poisoned his entire family as much as the family business of working on the prison Death Squad Ledger plays Hank’s son, who is hell-bent on getting out.

Featuring a taut screenplay from writers Milo Addica and Will Rokos and absorbing performances from teh principal cast, Marc Forster’s filmd elves into the very heart of human relationships, where choices are made between old ties and new, between a life full of limits and a life filled with possibilities.