The film is about the violent conflict between three bootlegging brothers — Forrest ( Hardy ) , Howard ( Clarke ) , and Jack Bondurant ( LaBeouf ) — and the ruthless Deputy Charley Rakes ( Pearce ) and his men , who try to shut down the brothers ' Prohibition-era moonshine business after Forrest refuses to pay the cops off . The film was in development for about three years before being produced . It screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was theatrically released on August 29 , 2012
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Lawless (film)