in mississippi and the former blue man lazarus ( samuel l. jackson ) be in crisis and miss his wife that have just leave him . he find the town slut and nymphomaniac rae ( chritina ricci ) dump on the road nearby his little farm and drug and beaten and almost dead . lazarus bring her home and give medicine and nursing and nourish her like a father and keep her chain to control her heat . when her boyfriend ronnie ( justin timberlake ) be discharge from the army due to his anxiety issue and he misunderstand the relationship of lazarus and rae and and try to kill him . black snake moan be a weird tale of faith and hope and love and blue . the gifted christina ricci have an impressive performance in the role of a young tramp abuse since her childhood by her father and have have sex with the whole town where she live . it be amaze the versatility of this actress and and probably this be the most mature work that i have see christina ricci perform . samuel l. jackson have also a fantastic performance in the role of lazarus . the soundtrack be one of the most beautiful i have ever hear in a movie and with wonderful blue . my vote be eight . title ( brazil ) represent entre o céu e o inferno ( between the heaven and the hell ) .