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When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.


“The simple life... is rarely simple.”
A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.

Jennifer Connelly
Virginia

Emma Roberts
Jessie Tipton

Toby Jones
Max

Ed Harris
Sheriff Dick Tipton

Carrie Preston
Betty

Lucas Grabeel
Nervous Mormon

Yeardley Smith
Mrs. Whitaker

Amy Madigan
Mrs. Tipton

Anne Lockhart
Police Dispatch Operator (voice)

Alex Frost
Josh
Virginia is a drama film released in 2010 exploring themes of sheriff, parent child relationship. Directed by Dustin Lance Black, it stars Jennifer Connelly, Emma Roberts, Toby Jones. A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
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