# Apostel! (1997)

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**Original title**: *The Apostle*
**Runtime**: 134 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Robert Duvall
**Written by**: Robert Duvall
**Starring**: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson, John Beasley, Walton Goggins, Billy Bob Thornton

> *The hardest soul to save was his own.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tender Mercies meets Elmer Gantry. A Texas preacher loses everything. Robert Duvall carries this southern drama.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, tender

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