Ethan Hawke explores the life and art of American author Flannery O’Connor — played by his own daughter, Maya Hawke — in his latest interrogation of the artist’s way.

Ethan Hawke’s searching biopic plunges inside the mind of Flannery O’Connor, a writer who let in both the darkness and the light. Her stories got close to the bone of a changing America, and are brought to vivid life here by the director’s daughter, Maya Hawke, and a star-studded supporting cast.