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In early 1960′s farming Alabama, immature Lewellen (Dakota Fanning) lives with her stern, eremite grandmother, Grammie (Piper Laurie), yet spends many of her time with her violent father, whom she calls Daddy (David Morse), in his decayed shack. Lewellen is deeply gifted as good as finds joy as good as safety, as good as a place to put her harm as good as rage, in a song of Elvis Presley, even yet Charles (Afemo Omilami), a correct groundskeeper of a palace down a road, tries to remonstrate her which “there is some-more to fill out which void with than only Elvis.” After Lewellen’s father is struck by lightning, he forgets his violent ways as good as is kind to her, however, carrying mislaid many of his mental recall he isn’t a befitting parent. When Elvis Presley comes to locale for a concert, Lewellen is unfortunate to go, yet has no income for a ticket. Her closest friend, Buddy (Cody Hanford), tricks Lewellen in to dancing as good as singing similar to Elvis for Wooden’s Boy (Christoph Sanders) in sell for tickets he has to a concert. During a impersonation, Wooden’s Boy rapes Lewellen, promulgation her in to a turn of basin as good as self-destruction. Upon overhearing Buddy as good as Wooden’s Boy articulate about Lewellen’s condition, Charles goes to her as good as teaches her to sing a sadness to channel her tragedy in to something positive. After eventually anticipating happiness, Lewellen leaves her father as good as goes to live with a Stranger Lady (Robin Wright Penn), whom (unbeknownst to Lewellen) is essentially her aunt.