Winter 's Bone is a 2010 American mystery drama film directed by Debra Granik, and adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from the 2006 novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a teenage girl in the rural Ozarks of Missouri who, to protect her family from eviction, must locate her missing father. The film explores the interrelated themes of close and distant family ties, the power and speed of gossip, self - sufficiency, and poverty as they are changed by the pervasive underworld of illegal meth labs.
where does the movie winter's bone take place
in the rural Ozarks of Missouri