Convicts (1991)

In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll, the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation and depends on convict labor to keep his farm running, takes a liking to Horace. However, Soll is aging and sinking into senility, making the possibility of Horace ever getting his pay increasingly unlikely. An Heiligabend, als Soll von seiner eigenen Sterblichkeit besessen ist, macht er ein großes Versprechen ... und zwingt Horace, sich seiner Angst vor dem Tod und den harten Wahrheiten einer dekadenten Gesellschaft zu stellen.