Honey Boy

SUN OCT 20 | 6:30PM | THE RANCH THEATER AT CAC

Based on a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf and inspired by his own experiences, Honey Boy centers on Otis, played by Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea) as a 12-year-old sitcom star and blockbuster leading-man, respectively. A child of divorce, Otis lives with his dad, a former rodeo clown with broken dreams of stardom (LaBeouf, startlingly transformed for the role), who belittles and dominates his son even as he makes a living off of his acting career. As the film chronicles Otis’ frustrated yearning for a real connection to his father, and the resulting fallout in his chaotic adult life, LeBeouf and director Alma Har’el (Bombay Beach) retain both the prankish humor and gutsy self-exposure that’s marked his adult career as a movie star and part-time conceptual artist.