Tennessee

Tennessee is a 2008 American road drama film directed by Aaron Woodley, produced by Lee Daniels, and starring Ethan Peck, Adam Rothenberg, and Mariah Carey. Vivendi Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the film. Plot In the spring of 1993, a young Carter along with his girlfriend Laurel find out that Carter's mom has been physically abused again by his father. He decides to leave Tennessee along with his mom and his younger brother Ellis. In 2007, a grown up Carter has discovered that his brother Ellis has acute leukemia. Ellis then tells Carter that they might need to go back to Tennessee to have a match for Ellis' bone marrow transplant since Carter is not and their mother is already deceased. On their way to Tennessee, their car breaks down and they stop at a local diner. There they meet Krystal, a waitress who does not seem to enjoy her job. They later get acquainted with her, to which Krystal quits her job and lets the boys ride in to her car to accompany them to Tennessee. Since the boys do not have anywhere to sleep, Krystal brings them to her house where her husband Frank, an abusive sheriff, gets mad at the idea of bringing them to his home. In the morning, Krystal realizes that this is not the life she has ever dreamed of since she has always wanted to be a singer-songwriter. She then decides to leave Frank early in the morning and escape with the boys, to be free from Frank’s controlling and abusive tendencies. The three head to a bar and dance for a little while until Carter gets drunk and starts inappropriately touching Krystal, angering her. Frank reports Krystal as having been kidnapped and decides to track them using the plate number of her car, to which Krystal trades with another one. Despite that, Frank was still able to catch them on the road. Krystal later outsmarts Frank and they escape to a nearby train station with the three headed to Tennessee.