The United States of Leland is a 2003 American drama film written and directed by Matthew Ryan Hoge that follows a meek teenage boy, the eponymous Leland, who has inexplicably committed a shocking murder.In the wake of the killing, his teacher in prison tries to understand the senseless crime, while the families of the victim and the perpetrator struggle to cope with the aftermath.. Powered by JustWatch. Early in "The United States of Leland," a teenager named Leland stabs an autistic boy 20 times, is arrested for the murder, and explains why he committed it: "Because of the sadness." The movie will cycle through many characters and much fraught dialogue to explain this statement, but it never seems sure what it thinks.

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Original Film Title THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND. English Title THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND

Ryan Gosling, Jena Malone, "The United States of Leland" (2003). Photo Credit Lorey Sebastian

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The United States of Leland (2003)

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Once in stir, the apparently magnetic Leland only has to deface his American-history textbook to attract the attentions of a sympathetic prison teacher ( Don Cheadle ), who becomes his wide-eyed.. After seemingly ordinary 15-year-old Leland (Ryan Gosling) stuns his quiet suburban community with a chilling crime, he is sent to juvenile hall where he meets Pearl (Don Cheadle), a teacher and aspiring writer who dreams of making Leland's compelling story into a book. As Pearl digs deeper into Leland's life and the people caught up in it - his mother (Lena Olin), his famous writer-father.